I didn’t make it down to D.C. today, but I WAS THERE in spirit. I may not have been there, but I felt the excitement of the crowd when Barack Obama walked out of the White House and into his spec....
In the late fifties or early sixties the Platters recorded a song entitled “One in a Million”. The words went something like this “There is one in a million like you, a dream in a million come t....
I arrived Baltimore MD on Sunday evening, Jan 18th Monday morning I took a local train into Washington to watch a cold crisp dawn awaken the city. Bought a few buttons from 72 yr old Omar on the stree....
I only had faith that I would be in D.C. at President Obama's inauguration on January 20. Within days after his November 4 victory, I contacted my U.S. Senator's office and placed my name on th....
It was not my intention to go to the parade nor any of the events of the inauguration. However, fate changed all that, when my cousin came from the Carribean to celebrate the event and to help pack ca....
I had a memorable experience. A friend gave me a blue ticket at the last moment. I couldn't believe my luck! It was a beautiful sight to see so many people from so many cultures and ethnic backg....
My story is like so many others. Watching the man who would be our first mixed race President; I was hopeful. And as I stood there toes freezing, hands deep in my gloves, bundled from head to foot on ....
Inauguration Day 2009 was the beginning of one of the greatest gifts God has allowed me to behold. The pride and unity that was in the air and in my heart was like nothing I had ever experienced. ....
