OBAMA OPENS DOORS OF CHANGE

On an icy January 20th,2009, Barack Hussein Obama took the presidential oath with his wife Michelle over the very same bible that Abraham Lincoln swore over.Over a thousand people thronged along Pennsylvania Avenue, wrapped in numerous jackets, sweat shirts and shawls to protect themselves from the biting, frigid temperatures.

While traveling to watch the inauguration, you could stop and purchase many Obama souvenirs. You could buy imitation Obama million dollar bills, Obama champagne, a comical Obama bobble head and even an authentic Obama periscope for peering over the heads of the crowd. Ninety percent of the people present at the inauguration ceremony were estimated to have to have purchased on Obama, at least one of a thousand assorted paraphernalia.

Obama and his wife Michelle, left their residence,Blair House at 8.47 am in a Cadillac – CTS I4 , stretch limousine for the White House.
The Obamas, along with their kids Sasha and Malia, met the outgoing Bush family at their doorstep. The outgoing and incoming presidential families then had a refreshing mug of White House coffee before departing together in two limousines.

Among the bigwigs present were Senator John McCain, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton along with her husband and former President Bill Clinton. Also present were George.W. Bush, father of the outgoing President.

While being sworn in, crowds were shivering and enduring sub-zero temperatures to see the forty-fourth president sworn in. President Obam, having taken oath , delivered a victory oration commemorating John McCain as a valiant opponent candidate.Obama laid down some of his intended policies that he would implement as president. He used powerful, far-reaching language to describe how he would combat terror.

Among the crowd were elederly veterans of World War 2. These people were of ex-members of the Tuskegee airmen, one of the most death defying, valiant air squadrons that ever existed. Obama quoted that his father, if he was still alive, would look back to 60 years where he was prohibited to drink from a white peoples drinking fountain.On January 20th,2009, Barack Obama, his son, was the forty-fourth President of USA..

-Tristan
Grade 8