McDonnell Inaugural lineup announced
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Gov.-elect Bob McDonnell today announced that 47 groups from across the Commonwealth will be participating in Virginia’s Inaugural parade on Saturday, Jan. 16th. The parade will take place immediately after the swearing-in ceremony, starting at approximately 1:15 p.m.
The parade lineup will include a number of organizations with personal connections to Virginia’s 71st governor. His American Legion Post from Virginia Beach will join the parade, as will his high school alma mater, Bishop Ireton in Alexandria. The Governor-elect’s youngest daughter’s college will be represented by the James Madison University Marching Royal Dukes. And Virginia’s next First Lady, Maureen McDonnell, will wave to the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders Alumni Association and Hoggettes, and the Washington Redskins Marching Band. Read more
David Reynolds | An old beginning
It was cold up in D.C. yesterday. Yet I felt a certain warmth radiating from my television set. Is it possible that the inauguration of a president could change our spirits from being in a winter of despair to seeing a spring with hope? It all depends. If we are talking about these United States of America, then the answer is “Yes!” Here anything is possible. We just proved it. Read more
David Cox | A new dawn
We Americans woke up to a different nation than the one we greeted yesterday.
It’s not a change of administration. They come and go every four or eight years.
It’s not that the Dow hit 14,000 a few hours after Barack Obama was inaugurated. Nor did foreclosures end, nor Lehman Brothers or the Raphine Yellow Freight facility suddenly spring back to life. Though writing before Jan. 20, I’m guessing that none of these events, however desired, occurred. A new president may do wonders, but rarely miracles. Read more
Chris Graham | Barack
It’s Jan. 20, 2009. We’d be celebrating today no matter who was taking over mainly because of the fact that the other guy would be on his way out the door. Maybe I’m not being entirely original in thinking and saying that, but it’s true.
That out of the way … Read more
Local events marking Obama inauguration Tuesday
It won’t quite be like being in Washington, but that’s only because you’ll actually be able to see what’s going on. That’s what locals will be thinking tomorrow as they mark the inauguration of Barack Obama at events across the Valley and Central Virginia. Read more
Inauguration Day events in Waynesboro, Staunton
The Augusta Free Press and the Waynesboro Democratic Committee are teaming up to bring Inauguration Day to the Valley. Inauguration ’09 will be held at the new Residence Inn by Marriott in Waynesboro on Inauguration Day, Tuesday, Jan. 20, beginning at 11 a.m.
The swearing-in ceremony is set to begin at 12 noon, with remarks from the new president, Barack Obama, shortly thereafter. Read more
Sanford D. Horn | More Morantics, and Mrs. Morantics, Too
Posted by afp on January 30, 2009 · 3 Comments
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