Mark and Marie Biersdorf, Grayslake
The day after Barack Obama was elected president, Grayslake resident Marie Biersdorf sent e-mails to Obama's senate office, Sen. Dick Durbin's office and U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean's office, asking for tickets to the inauguration.
Biersdorf made the requests on a whim, she recalled.
But in the middle of December, Biersdorf got a congratulatory e-mail from Bean's office saying she would be getting four tickets to the inauguration.
"It gives me chills just thinking about it," said Biersdorf, 48. "It's just wonderful."
Biersdorf will attend the event with her husband, Mark, and their two daughters, 12-year-old Rachel and 19-year-old Samantha.
She doesn't care if they aren't able to see much. She's just excited they'll be there.
"It is such a historic moment for our country," Biersdorf said. "Even if we had not gotten the tickets, we still wanted to be there."