President Obama

Chloe had a playdate after school today and we were eating lunch as we watched the inauguration. I got lots of questions (a former U.S. History teacher's dream). Here are my favorites---

• Why is the music so sad? (Asked about the strings and oboe before the swearing in)
• Why are so many people there?
• Why is this historic?
• My favorite statement was when Chloe said, "Hey, I know that guy, it's Barack Obama!"

And, from the U.S. History teacher perspective, the oath was actually administered late, President Bush's term in office expired at noon according to the Constitution, so technically speaking, having been sworn in already, Joe Biden was President for a few minutes while "Appalachian Spring" was being played.