Washington / Morocco News  Board--  The 44th president of the United States was equally relaxed during the investiture ceremony on the steps of the Capitol to the nearly one million people, who 24 hours earlier was sworn in Sunday in the privacy of the White House, surrounded by his wife and daughters.

 

 

 

The president and first lady were seen enjoying with all interventions that marked this second inauguration. Obama was careful to invoke the civil rights activist, Myrlie Evers-Williams, followed with a great satisfaction the oath of Vice President Joe Biden, seemed to internalize Richard White's poem, and listened with a smile to interpretations of James Taylor, Kelly Clarkson and Beyoncé, who closed the ceremony by singing the national anthem. In the U.S., the show is integral to any event and the second inauguration of Obama helped to show the pomp that overshadowed the event without undermining one iota the solemnity of the ceremony and the president's speech.

 

The delusion that monopolized the Obama inauguration in 2009, four years later became an a contained expectation. The number of participants who gathered around Capitol Hill could compete with those of the first investiture, not even the cold was so intense, then the temperatures just below zero grazed, while this time mercury was kinder, but the lack of sun and wind caused a polar wind chill.

 

And yet, from all corners of the United States, by car, train or plane were many Americans-and foreign-who came to Washington to attend the inauguration. "We come from Maryland, we are democrats and we come to see our president. To support him on this historic day, "said Yim Retaj, a man born in Nepal, 35 and living in the U.S. for the last 10 years. There were people who came from even farther away. "I know that there are Americans but we are here to celebrate the victory of the best president in the world, is what best thing to happen to this planet," proudly kept Hendrick, 27, of Toronto Canada.

 

From early morning, streams of people descending on the central streets of Washington, wearing shirts with Obama's face and the date of this day of swearing, waving flags of the U.S. and bundled with red caps. Many of the nearly one million participants, according to figures from the White House were waiting in the courtyard of the Mall more than 12 hours to hear the words of the president. A family from Tennessee arrive at  two in the morning slept on the Mall "It's important that we come to see our president" said excitely all the members of that family;

 

"It's my first inauguration and not want to lose it.  We've come with some high school classmates to enjoy Obama. We come from Pennsylvania just to see the ceremony," said Ann,  15 years, while taking photos with her iPhone . Many attendees also attended the ceremony with posters showing President's statements he made during his previous term: unions between persons of the same sex. "Today we are free to love and live with friends thanks to Obama," said Julianne, 26, as he hugged his partner.

 

"Obama, Obama", shouted together thousands of people when the president made an appearance at the Capitol. Five screens installed along the Mall helped that no one is losing any detail of the ceremony. Edith Wilson might prefer intimate investiture ceremonies. Definitely less cold but the heat of the passion of the leaders is highly welecomed.  It was a real big show.   Like the rest of all the attendees, I was so impressed. Congratulations Mr. President!

 

Said Temsamani

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