inauguration

Sunday, January 18, 2009

“We Are One” concert at the Lincoln Memorial

  Photo by Doug Mills/The New York Times   Somewhere between 500-and-750-thousand people ignored frigid temperatures to gather on the National Mall in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. today for the “We Are One” concert. Superstars who took part in the event included Bruce Springsteen, Beyonce, Garth Brooks, Stevie Wonder, U2, Usher, James Taylor, Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, […]
Saturday, January 17, 2009

A historic train ride kicks off 2009 inauguration festivities

    photo by Richard Perry/The New York Times   Today President-elect Barack Obama rode the rails from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. with family, friends, supporters, and the media. Vice-President Joe Biden and his wife Jill boarded the train in Wilmington, Delaware. Thousands of people braved brutally cold weather to cheer on the new president and his administration of change. The whistle stop tour followed part of […]