The New Day
Today, January 20, 2009, was a historic day. The first African American President, Barack Obama, was inaugurated in Washington D.C. I was impressed how many people were there. Obama must have been nervous from all of the people looking at him. I think that is why Chief Justice Roberts made a mistake on the oath, but Obama came back with a very heart warming speech. His family looked very proud of him. During the program I enjoyed the music by John Williams, and I noticed that the musicians were a diverse group of people. The quartet included a woman, an Asian American, an African American, and an old guy. The music and the musicians were like the world coming together through America. Also I most enjoyed the funny ending of the last speech by Rev. Lowry, “ when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around, when yellow will be mellow, when the red man can get ahead, man and when white will embrace what is right.”
I am happy that a new president is stepping in. I hope he will stop the bombing and bring peace to the world. I also hope he will fix the economy and bring strength back to America.
January 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 am
This is an excellent post — well thought out, carefully planned, full of specific details and personal reflections. Nice work!
A few small edits:
-You have misspelled Barack Obama’s first name.
-We now know that it was in fact Chief Justice Roberts who made an error when giving the oath.
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:36 am
there i corrected it
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
this name was cool i would have never thought of it. Rock on!
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:42 am
cool post
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January 23rd, 2009 at 9:46 am
That title sounds like my oral history book title, but it’s a little better
January 23rd, 2009 at 9:47 am
Thank you!
January 24th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
am i the only girl other than ms. kirsch commenting on this blog??? i came here by mistake anyway.
February 2nd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
dw you did a nice post I liked it
February 2nd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
wow thats a lot of comments!!!
fro JL