Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Day for History

Generations from now, our children's children's children will look back on
January 20th, 2009 and remark that it was a day that forever changed the
path of America's history. Whether or not you are an Obama supporter
(and yes, I am) it cannot be denied that yesterday was history in the making
and I was lucky enough to be a small part of it.

Ian and I woke up way to late to make it out of the house on time to get downtown
and get spots on the Mall for the actual inauguration itself (we watched that from
the warmth of our living room), but we did want to go into DC to just be a part of
the energy and excitement that the day brought. It did not disappoint. Everywhere
we looked, people were smiling, laughing, cheering and fist pumping with their tiny
American Flags raised high and proud. It was awesome. We attempted to see the
parade, but 2.5 million people is a lot to navigate and so unfortunately we were not
able to get close enough to see Obama...shucks. But still, it was a pretty cool day and
although I wasn't necessarily down there to take pictures, I grab a few to commemorate the day.

















I found this super ironic. Hope in the form of commercialism/advertising.
Sigh. I guess some things never change.






One of the coolest things we saw was this area with posters scattered
all over the ground. People were writing their hopes for the
new president and the upcoming 4 years...





Ian all bundled up! It sure was cold.
Yesterday was actually a day where I was proud to be an American citizen.





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