This image of President Barack Obama’s swearing-in ceremony was taken from a live broadcast on the Internet at 9:08 a.m. Obama, the 44th U.S. president, immediately delivered his inauguration speech to a massive audience gathered on a cold morning in Washington, D.C. He is the nation’s first African American president.
The lone presidential yard sign in the neighborhood turned out to reflect the sentiments of the majority of voters in the U.S., Skagit County and Anacortes. President-elect Barack Obama received 52 percent of the vote nationally; 57 percent in Washington State and 55 percent in Skagit County. Governor Chris Gregoire was re-elected, as was Skagit […]