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The crowd was smaller than it was in 2009, but many Chicago-area residents turned out to take in the historical day. Mary Ann Ahern reports. Watch »
Some Chicagoans remarked that American may not have had a black president if it were not for the civil rights movement. LeeAnn Trotter reports. Watch »
I was one of the unlucky ones who couldn’t make it to D.C. for the Inauguration. But being in Chicago isn’t a bad second choice. So if you wanted to get the best possible Inauguration... Read »
DC metro was not prepared for crowds of this magnitude. Read »
Gini Dietrich took these great photos of what it looked like on the ground at the inauguration. Check 'em out! Read »
From the NBC Chicago Street Team: I’m sitting at Dine Restaurant next to a table of ladies who just toasted our soon-to-be 44th President. As one raised her mimosa she said “I... Read »
-Dispatch from the Obama White House: This morning, Mrs. Obama gave Mrs. Bush a leather bound journal inscribed with the following quote - "There will come a time when you believe everything... Read »
We like to keep you up to date on 2009 inaugural trivia. This one is good. Two million people witnessed the inauguration. Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. And the... Read »