It was great to:
- be surrounded by We The People on the Mall
- belt out 'This Land is Your Land' with the crowd as we waited for the ceremony to begin
- see Bush and Cheney leave
- see other elected officials like Pelosi, Markey and John Lewis as part of the festivities
- see how happy Joe Biden was about becoming vice president
and it was awe inspiring to:
- see Obama become president
- see the first family installed in Washington, and
- be part of history as an African-American and former community organizer and NYPIRG employee became President of these United States.
Just a fantastic day and fantastic event for our country.
A few random notes:
- It was really cold, but the crowd was fine with it. Other than a few cold toes we faired well; Ariadne, Evan and Alison toughed it out
- We had no problem whatsoever - no problem at all - with the Metro. We got there at 9 am, didn't wait for a train for more than 3 minutes; ditto on the way home from Farragut North. Kudos Metro!
