The White House Website Then & Now
Today:
When Bush took office:
(thanks Jamie)
Change indeed.
Lucy has moved from Japan and this blog. See lucylou.info for her latest posts.
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Obama sushi. Oh boy can we! (Thanks, Jie.)
The Inauguration of President Barack Obama - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Fantastic collection of images from inauguration day of both the US and global reaction.
I was going to repost this as an image post… but then I couldn’t pick which photo to use. Just go look at them.
A National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation, 2009
First act of President Obama. And the White House now has a blog!
I woke up at 1:30am to watch the inauguration… then went promptly back to sleep.
Tuesday’s inauguration schedule
Stolen from here and reposted for my own convenience:
Inauguration schedule:
- 11:30 a.m. — President-elect Barack Obama will arrive for his swearing-in.
- 11:46 a.m. — Vice President-elect Joe Biden will be sworn in.
- 12 p.m. — Obama takes the Presidential oath of office, while Hail to the Chief is played and howitzers fire a 21-gun salute.
- 12:01 p.m. — Obama makes his inaugural address.
- 12:30 p.m. — The ceremony ends, and the President goes inside the Capitol.
- 1 p.m. — President Obama will attend a congressional luncheon inside the Capitol.
- 2 p.m. — Obama rides and/or walks in the inaugural parade, which begins at the Capitol, and continues along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, where the President and his family watch from a reviewing stand.
- 4:30 p.m. — The parade ends, several inaugural balls will take place in the evening and continue into the early morning hours.
Lead creative on the Obama ‘08 campaign logo and newly appointed VSA Partners strategist, Sol Sender shares about the mark’s development process. (via quispologies)
Awesome, but the blue skies and grassy fields reminds me of that Windows wallpaper (and that does not equal promise and change to me…).
I would really like one of the pins pictured at the top, though.
… I don’t know where my friend found this, but it is clearly the most excellent photo EVER.
