Senators Obama and Biden were in Greensboro on Saturday, Sept 27, so we went to see them. There was so much energy, though Isaac seemed oblivious to it (he slept through most of it!)
A very historical picture: we are standing in line to hear a speech by the first African American presidential candidate in front of the Greensboro Woolworth store where the first student sit-in occurred in 1960.
A very historical picture: we are standing in line to hear a speech by the first African American presidential candidate in front of the Greensboro Woolworth store where the first student sit-in occurred in 1960.
We were very impressed by the fact that we were at an event where there were snipers on all the roofs.
We got to be really close to the stage because we had a baby in a stroller! This was our vantage point during the speech - notice the snipers on the roof across the street...
Asleep during the speech - riveting for a baby, evidently.
Garin took this picture of Obama after the speech, shaking hands and kissing babies! (okay, not really kissing babies, but doing the politician thing, anyway!)
Joe Biden came around the barricade, shook our hands, and patted Isaac on the head! Everyone started pushing forward, and Biden's secret service guy yelled, "Hey, quit pushing - there's a baby up here!" So, Isaac got a shout out from Biden's secret service!
Exhausted on the way home!This is a video of Isaac, waving to the Secret Service and police who were watching the crowd.
2 comments:
so cool!!!! I'm so jealous!
Wow, what a historic moment!! And you all got to be there!
Of course I know why you did the video, you wanted us all to hear Barak. He really does have a wonderful voice, and is a great speaker. Thanks for sharing!
Love, Mom/Grammie/Annette
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