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Ticket holders left behind will receive commemorative items

By Joel McDonald • Jan 23rd, 2009 • Category: Blog, Related News & Events

Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies is apologizing to ticket holders who were unable to get into the inauguration with commemorative items.



Inauguration: Left behind, but still thrilled

By Joel McDonald • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog, Campaigns & Elections

While I’m not happy with the failures on Tuesday which kept me from being a full witness to history, I couldn’t be happier with the direction our nation should be heading with Obama at the helm.



President Barack Obama’s Inaugural Address

By Joel McDonald • Jan 22nd, 2009 • Category: Blog, Features

Inaugural Address By President Barack Hussein Obama My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you’ve bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation as well as the generosity and cooperation he has shown throughout [...]



Live coverage of the Presidential Inauguration

By Joel McDonald • Jan 19th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Campaigns & Elections

I will be heading to Washington D.C. on Monday morning to attend the Presidential Inauguration. I’ll be posting via Twitter while in Washington. Check out my Twitter page for the latest posts!



Special Screening of the Inauguration

By Joel McDonald • Jan 5th, 2009 • Category: Blog, Features

Celebrate the Inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden right here in Virginia Beach, VA!!! Join the Friends of the First Family, supporters, volunteers and many others as we meet to view and participate in this historical event.



Obama picks the Lincoln Bible

By Joel McDonald • Dec 23rd, 2008 • Category: Blog, Related News & Events

In a nod to fellow Illinoisan, President Abraham Lincoln, and the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth, President-Elect Barack Obama has chosen the Bible Lincoln used at his first inauguration for Obama’s own.



Rick Warren, really?

By Joel McDonald • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Blog, Related News & Events

The invitation of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation might prove to be very controversial among progressive Democrats as he is very much aligned with the national conservative agenda of the Christian-right.