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We were living in Prague teaching English. The night of the election, we stayed up until sunrise, alternately cheering and crying with joy.

The inauguration was on at a MUCH more reasonable hour. Which was good. But we wished very much to have…

I had the fortune of attending the Inaugration festivities this year. Although I'm sure the different media outlets tthat were there recorded the events as best they could, TV can never fully convey what happened. It was amazig to me just how…

My puppy and I couldn't vote in the presidential election - me because I'm Scottish, not American, and the puppy because she's, well, a dog.

But my wife, who is American used her postal vote in favour of President Obama, and bought both of us…

I was studying abroad in Seville, Spain at the time, so I watched the Inauguration in an international bar that had CNN International (I had watched the election there as well, staying up until 6 am to do so) and was showing it on a special screen,…

Riding on the train with the Obamas was a memorable experience. We enjoyed meeting President Obama and his wife as well as Vice President Biden and his wife. Quincy Lucas the mother of our family not only had the opportunity to introduce President…

Margaret took a half day from work to watch on TV with 86year old mother Mary who went to polls to vote in a wheelchair…

I skipped Secured Transactions and Corporations to see Obama's Inaugaration. I celebrated with an election edition of Maker's…

At my school most wanted Obama to be president so the teachers set up a projecter. My class got to the assemblyroom last so we had to sit in the very back.luckily,my mom is a teacher there so I got to sit in the front with her…

I watched the inauguration at the Baltimore Convention Center; it was great to watch this historical event on the big screen and a warm environment. Kudos to President Obama and all who braved the freezing weather the day of the…

It was one of the coldest weekends in Washington that I could remember in the six years that I have lived here. In addition to attending the inaugural concerts, we wandered around downtown DC, actually enjoying the influx of tourists that usually…