Stunning Inauguration photos

[Iwillnevergiveup]

Because I can't get enough. Kleenex alert.

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/01/the_inaugurati...

[TeamJordan23]

1. thanks. Boston Globe also had great pics of the General Election back in the Nov. nm

[JI7]

2. i especially love the foreign ones

this is an amazing pic but i always think i would be uncomfortable if i was inside a crowd like this. maybe it's not as packed as it seems and i could easily make my way around and out.

[WolverineDG]

18. There was some room to move around a little

but yeah, we got jostled a lot too.

dg

[patrice]

3. Stunning is not an overstatement. My favorite is #19. nt

[question everything]

4. Wow! Great photos

Cutie Sasha was standing on a step stool during her daddy oath.

[JI7]

6. i thought that was so cute

she is just so adorable .

[Joe the Liberal]

5. Wow really great pics.

love it.

[Trajan]

7. My favorite ...

GREAT pictures .... many are true art ...

[Iwillnevergiveup]

15. Yup, this one

to me is the essence of "You Were There."

[EraOfResponsibility]

8. kicked and rec'd

[bevoette]

9. i can't believe there were no arrests. that's beyond amazing. (nm)

[wroberts189]

10. great find ..thx k&r nt

[defendandprotect]

11. Beautiful, thank you! I especially enjoy the spontaneousness of Michelle & Barak --

[fortyfeetunder]

12. That one has some beautiful hands!

and he's left handed too! w00t!

[democracy1st]

13. greatest pic post ever K & R

[66 dmhlt]

14. Those are amazing! Thanks for finding & sharing them.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. Wonderful pictures. Thanks for posting.

I missed the communal experience of the inauguration because I watched from my desk at work. thanks for the pictures.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

17. When was the last time

we had such a gorgeous, photogenic family in the White House? Oh, right....the Kennedys!

[question everything]

22. And by then, we were not aware of the dark secrets behind them..

well, behind JFK.

So at least with this family they are beautiful indoor and outdoor.

[skygazer]

19. Great photos! This one is my favorite -

[HughBeaumont]

20. Tommie Smith and John Carlos.

At last.

[eppur_se_muova]

21. Thanks for posting that link! My favorite was ...

the officer at Guano'mo replacing the official portrait of the CINC. That may be the one change that is more important than any other.

(And the look that Michelle is giving BHO in that close-up shot is just too hot for public consumption.)

[samsingh]

23. wow - the power of the people

[Fire1]

24. Incredible pictures!

[gauguin57]

25. I didn't think I had any happy tears left ... but I just found out I do.

This picture of the two 1968 Olympics medalists who put their fists in the air as a silent protest against racial discrimiation ... hugging each other and their wives as Obama was sworn in ... WOW WOW WOW ... that's when the tears started really flowing for me.

40 years after their silent protest at the 1968 Olympics, Gold Medalist Tommie Smith hugs Bronze Medalist John Carlos, and their wives Delois Smith and Charlene Carlos after Barack Obama is officially sworn in as the President of the United States. Photo taken in the Smith room at the Sheraton Boston in Boston, MA. (Boston Globe/Stan Grossfeld)

#

[CitizenLeft]

28. me too.

I broke down. I remember all the "outrage" from the media right after they did it in 1968... and now look. You said it best. WOW WOW WOW.

[Raine]

26. THANKS for the link

those are GREAT!

[renate]

27. I just can't get enough either--thanks so much for the link!

#10 is so poignant... those people, so proud of Obama, having to watch him on a tiny little TV, but they're just as happy and rapt as anybody watching on a 60-inch plasma. And check out that beautiful American flag in the background--could anything be more touching?

That one, plus #12, #14, #29 and all the others of just plain regular folks all around the world watching the inauguration of the President of the United States made me realize how much our country still affects the rest of this planet. I'd like to think that from now on we can affect it for the better.

And #23 and #38 just about made me bust out crying.

Thank you thank you thank you!

(Gah! Edited to change #28 to #38! #28 just made me happy to see him go, but #38 is absolutely beautiful.)

[truebrit71]

29. Okay...what kind of watch does the President wear?

I am a fan of watches and wouldn't mind getting one like it....


Anyone know?

[RubyDuby in GA]

30. Those were amazing. They brought tears to my eyes!

I can't get over how damn proud I am of our leaders again!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

31. Heh:

[uppityperson]

32. So many really really good ones, but this odd little one caught me by surprise.

U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Bill Mesta replaces an official picture of outgoing President George W. Bush with that of newly-sworn-in U.S. President Barack Obama, in the lobby of the headquarters of the U.S. Naval Base January 20, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

[w8liftinglady]

33. I loved the one of the soldiers in Baghdad with tears in their eyes

[Miss Chybil]

34. Thank you. Those are amazing! nt

[Iwillnevergiveup]

35. Perhaps a reward

for having lived through the past 8 years.

[geiger]

36. WOW