Inauguration open thread

5 Responses to “Inauguration open thread”

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   Rev. Lowery is now giving the closing prayer.

   What a moving ceremony. Besides being historical, the sheer numbers of people on the mall waving flags is overwhelming.

   This is truly an historic day, and I am glad to witness it. I think the perspective from my living room is entirely close enough for me.

   My prediction is for nearly 3 million people in the area. One report put the lines of people on some side streets being 20 blocks long.

   Congratulations to everyone, we have a new President and Vice President.

   Posted by Mark Brooks | Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 12:40 pm
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   I was there and could not get into my ticketed area because of the massive crowds. So many people but guess that – no arrests!!
   The police were very polite, at both the Lincoln concert and the inauguration and both areas
   were well contained.
   You probably saw more than I did but at least I can say I was there!!

   Posted by linda b | Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 1:25 pm
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   Ditto on linda b’s experience! Blue ticket folks got shafted! Missed the whole thing! Very disappointing.

   Posted by eileen | Thursday, January 22, 2009, 6:21 am
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   I got into my section, thankfully. The most impressive part wasn’t the folks up on the capitol steps–it was the crowd stretching back towards the Washington Monument. Someone was passing out little American flags, and when everyone waved them at once it looked like a sea of shimmering red, white and blue stretching out towards the horizon.

   The balls were pretty cool, too.

   Posted by silence dogood | Thursday, January 22, 2009, 9:26 am
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   We got pretty close without tickets. It was awesome.

   Posted by spotter | Friday, January 23, 2009, 5:55 am