January 24, 2009
Students from Florence School District 1’s IB program at Williams Middle School and Wilson High School traveled to witness history in Washington, DC, with the inauguration of Barak Obama.
January 23, 2009
Miss Minnie Kennedy, as she’s known, has many memories of the time she spent in Washington D.C. for President Obama’s Inauguration and now she has several permanent reminders of her historic trip.
Five days, 85 high school students, 1,000 miles and an experience that can’t be quantified. The Manning High School marching band returned Thursday night from a trip of a lifetime to Washington, D.C. during which it showcased its talent in the Inaugural Parade for new President Barack Obama.
January 22, 2009
The Pryor family along with their grandchildren and son-in-law, that made the 9 hour and 600 miles trek to Tuesday’s Inauguration Day, say that now the fun is over and it’s time to get back to reality.
January 21, 2009
Students from Darlington County’s Mayo Magnet School for Math, Science and Technology traveled to Washington, DC, for the Barak Obama inauguration and filed these pictures and video of their trip.
Students gathered at the Grille at Francis Marion University on Tuesday to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States.
January 20, 2009
Today has been a long, cold day! We left the hotel at 5 am to travel to downtown Washington. That being said, I have no student bloggers this evening as they are letting off some steam by playing games together and swimming.
In the 1940’s, Earl Adams, 87, was a flight instructor for the famed Tuskegee Airmen, the country’s first black military pilots. Tuesday, Adams invited News13 into his northern Horry County home while he watched the inauguration of Barack Obama.
Florence attorney Rene Josey toasted the inauguration of President Barack Obama on Tuesday with the words, “To our new president and his success and to peace on earth.” Josey, a former U.S. Attorney for South Carolina during the Clinton administration, had a party at his home during the inauguration to celebrate Obama’s elevation to the highest office in the land.
Scattered applause echoed at the Grille at Francis Marion University on Tuesday as President Barack Obama took the podium for his inaugural speech. Students, faculty and staff members gathered at the campus eatery to watch history being made on the four televisions at that location.
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