Inauguration

Coe sent me to the inauguration a couple weeks ago so I thought I'd take this post to share some pictures!

While in DC I was participating in a seminar that was focused on the inauguration. We had lectures in the morning and random site visits in the afternoon. I had some interesting site visits like the World Resource Institute, League of Women Voters and Coasta Rica Embassy. On the first day, however, we just took a bus tour of the city. This is me with my main man, the other Lincoln in the picture.


This is one of my favorite views from Washington, looking down the mall from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial (that is the reflection pool and Washington monument behind me). Also, notice the construction going on behind me. Preparations were being made for the inaugural concert which was held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial the Sunday before the inauguration.
As part of some of the lectures we had in the morning, C-SPAN filmed a couple segments in the auditorium we were. This is Brian Lamb, the founder of C-SPAN. The day before this picture was taken I managed to get on live t.v. when I asked the panel a question. Strangely enough my uncle called right after and told me he saw me!
This is the view I had for the inaugural concert on Sunday. We got there around 12:30 for the 2:30 concert and it was already packed. I watched the whole thing from the jumbo-tron in the upper-left hand corner of the picture. A couple big names from the performance included: Tom Hanks, Steve Carrell, Tiger Woods, Jack Black, Bruce Springsteen, Usher, Stevie Wonder, Shakira, Garth Brooks, U2, Beyonce and Pete Seeger (to name only a few).
The whole thing was amazing. I've told a couple people that singing the national anthem at the end of the concert with a couple hundred thousand fellow Americans was like nothing I've ever felt before.One of our site visits was the Capitol building. This is a picture from inside looking up into the done in the rotunda of the Capitol.

And yes, I did actually go to the inauguration. I'll post pictures from that next week, but I've got to get to the wrestling meet. The Kohawk wrestlers are ranked #4 in the nation and are taking on the #3 and #19 teams, so it should be some great wrestling!