Inauguration

The election of Barack Obama and inauguration of the first U.S. African American president is certainly a historical event.  I thought the inauguration ceremony clearly represented the importance of the day and President Obama's speech was inspiring.  America has come a long way in the civil rights movement and with the election of Barack Obama, we have finally come over the prejudice and discrimination that so often represented the United States.  The music from legend, Aretha Franklin and the other musical performances were wonderful.  Also, the two million people that arrived to watch the inauguration and see the new President in the flesh, clearly represented the mood of the rest of the nation.  I did however, disagree with the decision to have a preacher speak at the ceremony.  We have finally united as a nation without the discrimination of race, religion or anything else and it is clear that church and state are to be separate.  This event, on January 20th, 2009, will go down in history.  I am excited to see what the new President will do and what will happen over the next four years.