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Obama Day Memories 7
Media man Phil West remembers: “Not even the power of Obama’s oratory could overcome traffic on MoPac. I heard much of the speech crawling along at about 10 miles per hour.”
Attorney Paul Ruiz remembers: “I think the neatest thing I saw at the inauguration was a young African American man holding a home-made sign that said simply, ‘I have a Black President.’ That one statement spoke volumes. I wish I had taken a photo of him.”
Motorblader Fritz Blaw remembers: “With my chinstrap beard fully grown, 15 minutes before the first swearing in, I walked into my daughter’s class as Abraham Lincoln — stovepipe hat, vest and bowtie — I read the Gettysburg Address to Mr. Deatley’s fifth-grade class and was tickled when Zach, a friend of my daughter Emma, said ‘Wow, that was heavy.’ ”
Reader Molly McCauley remembers: “My 15-year-old granddaughter, Violet, texting me at the beginning of President Obama’s oath: ‘G’ma, are you crying?’ My reply: ‘Yes.’ ”
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