The Inauguration Concert

I was so thrilled last night to view the concert in celebration of tomorrow's inauguration of Barack Obama. My family and I are not in Washington; we watched on television, but the excitement and anticipation of the huge crowd was still palpable. My young son was excited to see Pete Seeger, whom we met this summer in nearby Beacon, during a street festival. My family adores Pete Seeger, and can sing much of his classic folk repertoire by heart. We joined in with Pete and Bruce Springsteen as they sang "This Land is Your Land", written by Woody Guthrie. We sang also with James Taylor singing his "Shower the People" and the moving finale by Beyonce singing "America the Beautiful", joined by all the actors and singers who had performed earlier. The entire event was an astounding feat of logistics and artistic show and we enjoyed it from beginning to end. As we look forward to tomorrow's event, which we plan to view via streaming video in our school, I look forward to not just hearing the words of our new president and the response of the enormous crowd, but viewing this experience through the eyes of the 6 - 8 year olds in my school who have some sense in their young experience that this is a moment in our American history which will not be forgotten. Options for viewing the inauguration, check here (thank you to LM_NET).