Tag archive for ‘Obama’
Posted by Maia on January 20th, 2009 | Categorized as Inauguration Day | Tagged as Barack Obama, inaugural speech, Inauguration Day, Obama, president, President Obama, speech
My fellow citizens:
I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation, as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout this transition.
Forty-four Americans have now taken the [...]
Posted by Lauren on January 19th, 2009 | Categorized as Monday | Tagged as Barack Obama, capitol, Florida, Inauguration Day, Klein, mall, Obama, Palm Beach County, Wasserman-Schulz, Wexler
It was really delicious to see so many people from Palm Beach County at the Florida reception hosted by Reps. Robert Wexler and Ron Klein. (Debbie Wasserman-Shultz was also supposed to be a host, but we never caught sight of her.)
Ron Klein told us he was happy to see so many Floridians [...]
Posted by Lauren on January 18th, 2009 | Categorized as Sunday | Tagged as Bono, concert, Denzel Washington, Garth Brooks, Inauguration Day, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr., Obama, Tuesday, Washington, Washington Monument
The concert was great. Definitely try and watch it if you can.
Highlights were Garth Brooks ( I don’t want to give away what he sang, but suffice to say that the whole crowd was singing along and it was AMAZING!), Denzel Washington, and of course, U2. It wasn’t just Bono, but the whole band and [...]
Posted by Elle on January 18th, 2009 | Categorized as Arriving in D.C. | Tagged as Barack, Barack Obama, Beyonce, Bono, Obama, Springsteen
So we were casually walking to dinner at an Italian restaurant where we would meet some of our friends from the Obama campaign, like Carmella and Rick Morton, Carol Pine, Ruth Cox, Meaghan from Abacoa and Diane from Wellington.
So anyway, we were walking down our hotel’s street (Massachusetts Avenue) and we see a BUNCH of [...]
Posted by Maia on January 18th, 2009 | Categorized as Arriving in D.C. | Tagged as 1776, America, American, American Revolution, Asian, Baltimore, Barack, Barack Obama, changes, country, Democrats, disabled, gay, government, healthcare, history, hopeful, Independents, jobs, Latino, McHenry, Native American, Obama, Philadelphia, Republicans, schools, speech, Star-Spangled Banner, straight, Washington, White House
We began this train trip in Philadelphia earlier today. It is fitting that we did so - because it was there that our American journey began. It was there that a group of farmers and lawyers, merchants and soldiers, gathered to declare their independence and lay claim to a destiny that they were being denied.
It [...]
Posted by Lauren on January 17th, 2009 | Categorized as Arriving in D.C. | Tagged as African American, capitol, D.C., Delta, Embassy Row, historic, Inauguration Day, LaGuardia, luggage, monument, Obama, president, Washington, White House
Our luggage did NOT.
So we are fighting with Delta, who checked our bags all the way to LaGuardia even though they knew we were going to WASHINGTON DC. So we’re in the very cool Hotel Rouge, awaiting our luggage. It’s not as bad as it sounds . . . we have a great room in [...]