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Presidential Inaguration

Barack Obama's inauguration from the silver ticketed area.
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early AM, Silver ticket area behind 4th street
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early AM, Silver ticket area behind 4th street

003barack obama president inauguration

  • early AM, Silver ticket area behind 4th street
  • sun rising over the capitol 7:45AM
  • Crowd milling about trying to keep warm
  • pretty flippin' cold - wind chill in the single digits
  • The sun was out for about 20 minutes. Then it went behind the clouds. And it was cold. I wore a full gore-tex bibs, jacket and insulation and I was still cold. Most folks weren't dressed even close to that warm.
  • waiting - for 4 hours
  • the mall was packed with 1.8 million people
  • roughly 236,000 people with tickets got access - 4-5000 were denied for no apparent reason
  • folks from all over the country - many had won lotteries from their member of congress to get tickets - This photo is looking west, facing 4th street. The Smithsonian Castle and Washington Monument are visible in the background.
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  • it was a good sunrise
  • historic day
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