The day the world changed
As everyone on Earth knows by now, Barack Hussein Obama won the election yesterday. He did more than win a contest, he brought hope to millions of us. I said it before and I'll say it again... he's the JFK of our generation. I am no longer ashamed to tell my international friends that I'm an American. Today, I am very proud to say it.
The city of Seattle has been bursting with anticipation for weeks. Well, last night that anticipation finally took to the streets. The entire city was mobbed with celebration. We also celebrated with friends, but once Ella went to bed I headed out to the streets to join everyone else. At Midnight there were about 2,000 people at my location. That quickly became 3,000 people. I found out later that the crowd grew even bigger after I went home.
To see a crowd in Seattle so happy was exhilarating. To see them so happy about our country was incredible. I shed more than a tear last night. The culmination was seeing every single person sing the Star Spangled Banner in unison. There was real meaning to what we were doing and it was a moment I will never forget. I can't wait to share it all with Ella when gets older.
I took a bunch of pix, which can be found up on my Flickr site.
Other pix:
fenderfour with a great photo of Laura, Geoff and I.
Geoff's pix