Today, January 20th, 2009, in the noon hour, Barack Obama stepped into the halls of history as he was sworn in as the first ever African-American president in the United States of America.
Millions, myself included, sat and stood with a mixture of awe, pride, and hope, as President Obama delivered a speech that will be remembered long after we are all gone.
The most powerful man in the world channeled his predecessors, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, and even Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in a speech that tried to soothe the fears of a scared, embattled nation. As they had done, President Obama reminded the country that our future is our own, and that we all must work together to save ourselves.
It was an extraordinary start to, regardless of his level of success, an extraordinary presidency.
Welcome to the Oval Office, President Obama.
No comments:
Post a Comment