In Obama's Moment, Many in Crowd Feel Echoes of Their Own Stories
In taking the oath of office as the first African American president in the nation's nearly 233 years, one man reached a singular achievement. But at four minutes after noon yesterday, Barack Hussein Obama was inevitably transformed -- no matter what happens during his administration -- from an individual, a politician, to an icon and a symbol. Here was history at its most sweeping and yet intimate. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins
