Inauguration Day
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009
Tides swept across the crowd at the National Mall, rolling on the swaying arms and waving signs from the Capitol Dome to the Washington monument. An estimated one million people came to see Barack Obama be sworn in as 44th President of the United States and to hear the words that he would impart at a pivotal turning point in our nation. His speech was expected to define the challenges facing Americans and begin to lift a nation that has lost its way. They gathered in Washington en masse for days prior to the official ceremony waiting to hear the words – words from the nation’s first African-American President delivered in his trademark, prolific fashion – but words, all the same. (more…)
