Pre-Inauguration Celebration

We took in the pre-inauguration celebration today. So, we left Augusta at about 3:00am, picked a couple more people up in Columbia, SC, and then made it to Washington DC at about 11:00am. We found a place to park not too far from the White House, walked by the stands they had set up in front of the White House for the inaugural ceremonies, then kept walking down to the Lincoln Memorial. This was by far the largest crowd I have ever been a part of. As I posted earlier, the crowd stretched the length of the reflecting pool two hours before the event was supposed to kick off. We were near the front of the reflecting pond, but a big stage/bleacher thing that had been erected blocked our view. We were able to briefly see most of the performers as they walked off stage, but we were forced to view most of the program on the jumbotrons. Celebrities making appearances included, but are not limited to, Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Pete Seger, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, John Mellencamp, Shakira, Beyonce, Mary J Blige, Jack Black, Steve Carrell, Denzel Washington, dddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
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<-- and this is where I passed out while typing this up.

I might get something posted tomorrow. If not, more will be posted Tuesday.