Riding The Metro
We didn’t get a full nights sleep but we did have a power nap. We got up and got dressed fast. Layered in pounds of clothes we had no idea what the day would hold. Our big brother Marcus was up with us and drove us to the Metro Station. (Everyone else opted to sleep in and go later). The parking lot was already almost full at 4am. We found a park and made our way onto the train. We were packed like sardines on that train!
When we got to the L’Enfant Plaza train station (the National Mall stop) we were stunned!
There were thousands of people every where already. There was no pushing or shoving, no mass chaos, just lots of excited people making their way to the National mall in a unity and solidarity I’d never seen or experienced.
Yes, I was involved with the campaign and had been part of events and rallies with large numbers of Barack Obama supporters…but THIS was something different. The YES WE CAN motto had taken a new meaning and a sense of pride and accomplishment surged through the metro station as people chanted YES WE DID! It was 4 something in the morning and people from all over the WORLD were making history to witness history! It was an amazing sight to see and the day was still young…
Here’s a picture of me and our friend and big brother Marcus after getting off the train at L’Enfant Plaza. Marcus is the one with the glasses we didn’t know the Redskins fan.
As you see, I was half sleep but I think I was also mesmerized by the huge crowd. I knew there would be lots of people but I guess I didn’t imagine it being this many so early in the morning. (Thanks for making sure we got there Marcus you’re awesome).
Here’s more pictures to give you a glimpse of just how many people moved through the L’Enfant Plaza metro station on inauguration day.
I had no idea what I was in store for:
“I look forward confidently to the day when all who work for a living will be one with no thought to their separateness as Negroes, Jews, Italians or any other distinctions. This will be the day when we bring into full realization the American dream — a dream yet unfulfilled. A dream of equality of opportunity, of privilege and property widely distributed; a dream of a land where men will not take necessities from the many to give luxuries to the few; a dream of a land where men will not argue that the color of a man’s skin determines the content of his character; a dream of a nation where all our gifts and resources are held not for ourselves alone, but as instruments of service for the rest of humanity; the dream of a country where every man will respect the dignity and worth of the human personality.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Majority Of The Photos From The Inauguration DC Adventure Are Provided Courtesy Of The Wonderful & Talented Willae Ivory
