What you will most remember about Tuesday’s inauguration of Barack Obama as the nation’s 44th president and its first black president?
Will it be that the historic nature of a country built in part on slave labor electing a black man to the highest office in the nation?
Will it be the sense of hope that many shared?
Something that I’m always impressed with is the smooth, peaceful transfer of power from one presidency to the next.
My daughter reminded me of that at the supper table Monday night when she commented that in one minute, George W. Bush would turn around and no longer be president and that Obama would turn around and he would be president.
“That’s pretty cool,” Hannah said.
I’m not sure she was seeing the peaceful, bloodless exchange of power, but she’s right. That is pretty cool, regardless of who voted for in this election or any other.
I’ll also recall speaking with Seymour residents Mike and Pam Bobb, their daughter, Ginny Dorrell (a Washington resident) and Seymour residents Linda Hackman and Heather Zickler.
They all went to Washington, D.C., to take part in what so many have called Obama’s historic inauguration.
They were all excited in the days leading up to Tuesday’s inauguration and the event itself.
They all talked about the positive buzz in the air, they all talked about large crowds of people sharing in a moment of history and they talked about the sense of togetherness and feeling of hope that they said was palpable.
I’ll also remember the graceful exist of Bush and his wife, Laura. The Bush family has always seemed like a class act, and it showed Tuesday.
What will you remember?
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