Picking Up Your Ticket to History

By John Oliveira - 1/19/09

This morning supporters who were lucky enough to win tickets to the historic inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama were finally able to pick up their tickets. After Obama's win in the general election last November, thousands upon thousands of supporters contacted their senators and congressional members to get tickets to be a part of the Inauguration crowd. They were entered into a lottery and notified as recently as last week that they had won. I had the opportunity to accompany my friend, who was one of the fortunate ones to win a ticket, to the Hart Senate Office Building near the United States Capitol building. Tickets were distributed at various locations where lines stretched to over an hour long. The Hart Building houses the offices of many Senators including Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) and Diane Feinstein (D-California). Each ticket package may have been different, but the one that I saw included two tickets to the event, an Inaugural program, and a map to help you find your designated area. The majority of tickets were general admission standing-room. Those seated closer to the swearing in ceremony were able to secure actual seats.
    Gates to the ceremony open at 8 AM and those with and without tickets are expected to line up throughout the night, if not all night.  And since I have one of those tickets, I will have the once in a lifetime chance to be a part of history.

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