So after having a short lunch and coffee we wandered through the crowds down 17 street to the national mall area. Stopped by the White House where preparations are busily underway to set up the viewing area from which the new President Obama will view the Inauguration parade.
We continued on to the actual concert area (I took plenty of photos which will be posted up shortly) and entered the crowd which was packed from the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Memorial (a distance of approx 2 miles).
U2, Beyonce and Bruce Sprinsteen performed (unfortunately to my grave disappointment we missed Shakira and a Tom Hanks speech), and then, the pinnacle moment President elect Obama took the stage.
The crowd was in awe, I'm not certain that everyone expected or knew that he would speak. Obama reiterated his campaign principles and stuck to the thematic undertones of his entire campaign, that republicans, democrats, young and old, whites, blacks, hispanics, and asians, gay or straight, disabled or non-disabled, all can work together to perfect the Union and reinvigorate the American dream.
I took plenty of photos of THIS particular moment, which will be posted shortly on my facebook profile and subsequently on here as well. Needless to say, the crowd was in awe. And the diversity of the attentive crowd shows that in fact, Obama's inspirational words do cross all boundaries.
Onw interesting note is that I did not see American flag waving all over the place as I might have expected. I wonder why?
More to follow...
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