January 23, 2009
Granddaughter of former slaves talks about Inauguration trips
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.
January 22, 2009
Myrtle Beach family feels inspired to help poor economy after attending inauguration
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.
Inauguration issues for sale in Marion
The Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise is selling copies of this past Wednesday’s issue with President Barack Obama’s inauguration coverage ...
January 21, 2009
Mayo students travel to the inauguration
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.
January 20, 2009
Famed Tuskegee Airman watches inauguration with News13
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.
Citizens show admiration for new President
Jacqueline McGill said she waited 59 years to witness history. She was among those gathered in a Marion church on Tuesday to enjoy the inauguration with family and friends.
FMU students, faculty react to Obama’s inauguration
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.
Pee Dee residents join to watch Obama’s inauguration
Residents gathered throughout the Pee Dee on Tuesday to watch the inauguration of Barack Obama as the country’s newest president.
Locals witness presidential inauguration closer to home
The Wheelwright Auditorium at Coastal Carolina University invited students, faculty and members of the community to witness history in the making in a live telecast.
INAUGURATION BLOG: Myrtle Beach High staff, students in D.C.
We left MBHS this morning at 6 am Sunday and spent the day travelling and touring DC. The kids have been excited and their excitement is contagious!
January 19, 2009
Clyburn says Obama is ‘vindication’
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)—The country’s highest-ranking black congressman is preparing for Barack Obama’s inauguration with a sense of vindication of the past and hope for a bipartisan future.
January 18, 2009
Darlington man collects inaugural covers
Bill Heitsman’s mother sat him down and made him watch the Army-McCarthy hearings while he was growing up in Alliance, Ohio.
Mayo students, teachers depart for inauguration
The inauguration of the 44th president is two days away and millions are expected to fill the streets of Washington, D.C., including students and teachers of Mayo High School, who departed Sunday morning for the nation’s capital.
January 17, 2009
Historic inauguration evokes memories of civil rights movement
Days before the first black man takes the country’s highest office, 81-year-old Lake City resident T.R. Cooper, the son of sharecroppers in rural Williamsburg County, remembers that he and those in his age group never thought seriously about a black man being a U.S. president.
Pee Dee residents, groups head to Washington for inauguration
Students from Lester Elementary, Williams Middle and Wilson High schools in Florence School District 1 and Mayo High School for Math, Science & Technology in Darlington County will participate in the inauguration activities as part of a class trip to the nation’s capital.
