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Ten Years Ago Today: First inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the US (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Jan 2019 OP
As well as over 2 million people in attendance too........ ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2019 #1
How I miss them!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #2
That was one of my more unique inauguration experiences Siwsan Jan 2019 #3
Can I close my eyes and pretend we are back there and the last 2 years never happened? redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #4

Siwsan

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3. That was one of my more unique inauguration experiences
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:13 PM
Jan 2019

My mother made a doctor appointment for my aunt, and I had to take her. So my niece tagged along, and we huddled together, in the car, listening to the ceremony on the radio. It was SO cold, that day, and I had to keep popping inside to see if my aunt was ready to be taken back home.

I know we could have just waited and watched the re-broadcast, but it was such a historic event, I wanted to be a part of the original.

And, I was really excited to share this experience with my niece because 4 years earlier she voted for Bush, and now she was a super motivated Democrat. She was going through a really strange phase. Thankfully it was a very brief, strange phase.

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