Articles filed under Inauguration
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Who are Illinois' other presidents?Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - While Barack Obama embraces the heritage of Abraham Lincoln, the first president from Illinois, the state also claims two others who held the nation's highest office - U...
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A look at past and future presidentsJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - When this column began nearly 10 years ago, it didn't occur to me my thoughts would appear on some significant dates. For instance, election days always fall on Tuesdays...
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Ali salutes Obama at inaugural soireeJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- "The Greatest" saluted the nation's first black president at an inaugural soiree. Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, celebrating his 67th birthday, was the guest ...
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Illinois stands proud as Obama takes historic oath of office todayJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON- A Defining Moment. Every generation has maybe a few. Footsteps on the moon. Martin Luther King Jr. stoically marching across an Alabama bridge. A concrete...
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Inauguration crowds of 1 million or more test D.C.Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- More than 1 million people crammed onto the National Mall and along the Pennsylvania Avenue inauguration parade route Tuesday to witness the swearing-in of...
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Antioch company creating Obama chinaJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Whether it's campaign buttons, posters, historic front pages of newspapers or bobblehead dolls, it seems anything with an image of President-elect Barack Obama is a hot ...
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Lake Park 'giddy' over inaugurationJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - In his 10 years as a teacher, Don Fulmer has never seen his students at Lake Park High School's West Campus act like such children. And that's a good thing. While waitin...
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Harper students watch history being madeJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - A crowd of more than 50 students gathered in the student center at Palatine's Harper College to watch the inauguration of President Obama. Some stood; some sat on the fl...
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What should bear Obama's name?Jan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - We've got the Reagan Memorial Tollway, the Kennedy Expressway and Roosevelt University all named after former presidents. But what might they want to name after Barack O...
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Obama's address to the nationJan 19, 2009 10:00 pm - My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank...