The inauguration celebrations kicked off today with the We R One concert held at the Lincoln Memorial. Man, it was absolutely crazy and it was just a prelude to what’s going to come on Tuesday.
We arrived fairly early, about 8:30 or so and the crowds were already out in full force. The roads were closed, the police, secret service and National Guard were on every corner.
The concert wasn’t scheduled to start till 2pm.
The waiting time, surprisingly, went by pretty quickly. We pre-occupied ourselves by trying to protect our area from foreign invasion, and it actually turned out well. For the most part we kept our ground.
From my only previous concert experience, I knew that even if you kept your ground the entire wait, as soon as the show starts, there’s usually a mad push to get to the front. But we found a nice spot on a small hill near the front of the reflecting pool and stayed tough. For it to be free, with almost a million people spread out across the national mall that was as good as it gets.
Obviously, it was very cool that all these big time celebrities came out blah, blah, blah, but I think the craziest thing to me was just the shear number of people out there.
And to think that all these people were here for one reason, one man.
There were people as far as the eye could see, and when everyone sang and jumped in unity to Garth Brooks, it sent chills down my spine. I’ve never even listened to Garth Brooks, but Garth Brooks straight killed it!
I looked out from Lincoln Memorial on our bus tour early last week and I couldn’t even imagine what it would be like to stand on that stage and look out onto a sea of people, with a million pair of eyes fixed onto you.
It’s amazing the impact that one person can have.
The President-Elect came out towards the end and gave one of his incredible speeches. His speeches are so grand, yet somehow they relate to every class of people and stir the most basic of desires.
Tomorrow is our last chance for inaugural tickets. We’ve got our fingers crossed…
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Yeeka, thanks so much for keeping us posted. I'm James' sister, so I'm not always the first on his list to get updates. Hope you have a great final day. Please drag James with you. He'll regret it if he doesn't soak it all in.
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