First of all, I took these pictures with the old camera, but couldn't even get them loaded onto the computer (the camera wouldn't even turn on). So, for all who have been dying to hear about Barack Obama's visit to my hometown, you're in luck! Luckily enough, he chose Downingtown as part of his whistle-stop tour through Pennsylvania, which just happened to coincide with a weekend we were up visiting. We got there a few minutes late and couldn't find parking, so we essentially missed most of the stump speech, but Jenn and I heard the end of it and it was awesome to just be there among the crowd. It was such a diverse group of people, I about wept. There was something really powerful about standing there among people from the community where I grew up (and recognizing many of them), and seeing pretty much every face intently focused on this message of unity and progress. Very cool. We stuck around to see the train off (and, helpfully I'm sure, pointed out that they were actually heading back towards Philly when they pulled away, despite the plan to travel to Harrisburg next. Of course, they were just backing up so they could switch to a different track, but we still felt like we had contributed).
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We must've just missed you guys - we were there! It was really cool to see, definitely.
That's cool, Paige! I remember seeing George Bush (of the W variety) when I was at WCU and he was there.
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