On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the United States. Obama took his place as the 44th president under a bright winter sky, painting this perilous national moment in unsparing terms and exhorting Americans to respond by taking greater responsibility for themselves, the country and the world. More than 1 million people flocked to the National Mall to take part in the event, spilling outward from the gleaming white Capitol steps toward the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial more than a mile away.
On Jan. 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as president of the United States. Obama took his place as the 44th president under a bright winter sky, painting this perilous national moment in unsparing terms and exhorting Americans to respond by taking greater responsibility for themselves, the country and the world. More than 1 million people flocked to the National Mall to take part in the event, spilling outward from the gleaming white Capitol steps toward the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial more than a mile away.
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Inauguration was great, the singing, not so much
Watching the inauguration of President Barack Obama filled me with enthusiasm for the next four years. My only disappointment was the singers chosen to sing our patriotic songs ("History revisited," Jan. 22). Why do these young singers have to spoil our...
Tags: Timonium, Music
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District 21 delegation to celebrate Obama's Inauguration at two events
Members of Laurel's District 21 state delegation — Democrats state Sen. Jim Rosapepe; and Dels. Barbara Frush, Joseline Peña-Melnyk and Ben Barnes — will sponsor two events this weekend to celebrate President Obama's second inauguration....Tags: Barack Obama, Fort Meade (military base), Laurel, Prince George's County
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Inauguration, Spanish politics and Super Bowl prep
Barack Obama may already have been officially inaugurated yesterday, but don't tell that to the people on Washington's National Mall this morning: A second, more outdoor ceremony today will give the public a view as Obama starts his second term. Some of...
Tags: LeBron James, Tom Brady, Martin Luther King Jr., Roman Catholicism, San Francisco 49ers
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Historic East Baltimore church celebrates anniversary of 1863 founding
On Sunday, the eve of the celebration of the birth of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and the second inauguration of President Barack Obama, some 300 communicants and friends packed East Baltimore's historic St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic...
Tags: Archdiocese of Baltimore, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Martin Luther King Jr.
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Scenes from the inauguration
Some came with their kids, not wanting to miss the opportunity to impart a message of political leadership in a live civics classroom hundreds of thousands of people strong. Others arrived with their own place in history in mind, considering President...
Tags: Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, Ceremonies, Ray Lewis, White Marsh
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Roland Park Country School students to sing at presidential Inaugural Festival
In the otherwise empty Sinex Theatre at Roland Park Country School, 10 middle-school students gathered around a piano onstage Friday to sing "Astonishing," a song from the Broadway musical "Little Women." The girls, members of a mostly a capella group...
Tags: Festive Events, Music Industry, Broadway Theater, Ellicott City, Gardens and Parks
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Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin comes to Baltimore
Even when Jeffrey Toobin is absolutely, positively, flat-out wrong, it's worth listening to what he has to say about the U.S. Supreme Court. Toobin, an Emmy Award-winning senior analyst for CNN and a staff writer for The New Yorker not only is smart,...
Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, Authors, Political Fundraising, Elections
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Oliver tries to keep support in turbulent council tenure
The councilman wouldn't return their calls.
Shirley Supik and her husband, Jeff, were trying to stop Baltimore County from tearing down the historic former Underground Railroad safe house they own. So, Jeff Supik stuck a note on the front door of...Tags: John A. Olszewski, Sr., Republican Party, Elections, Political Fundraising, Primaries
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TV, Web shine with sound, keen coverage
Television loves ritual and pageantry. And Tuesday, the medium absolutely soared on the feast of both, found in the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. TV and its small-screen online cousins have never provided more...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Television, Microsoft Corporation, Elections, Satellite and Cable Service
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Baltimore-area schools incorporate inauguration into lessons
They wrote speeches and poems and plotted graphs with the ages of presidents upon inauguration. Yesterday's inauguration of Barack Obama provided boundless learning opportunities for students in area classrooms - assuming they were in school. Baltimore...Tags: Television, Elections, George Washington, White House, Dianne Feinstein
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Three generations of a family trek from Baltimore to Washington to see Obama's inauguration
At 4 a.m. yesterday, the snow-covered homes along Sherwood Hill Road were silent, except for one. In that house, Regis Johnson cleaned up after a breakfast of sausage and eggs. His 15-year-old son, Andre, rubbed sleep from his eyes. And Johnson's mother,...Tags: Eyewear, Family, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Washington Monument, Malcolm X
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