ROCKLANDERS GATHER TO WATCH BARACKOBAMA “MAKE HISTORY” by Ken Mahoney

ROCKLANDERS GATHER TO WATCH BARACK OBAMA “MAKE HISTORY” by Ken Mahoney

Eyes and ears were fixed on the nation’s capital yesterday as men, women and children across the county tuned in to watch history in the making. At noon, Illinois Senator Barack Obama took the Oath of Office, becoming the 44th U.S. President and our country’s first African-American Chief of State. It was an intergenerational experience for students at East Ramapo’s Summit Park Elementary School, whose parents and grandparents were invited into the classroom to watch the inauguration with their youngest family members.

Challenging Americans to pick themselves up and dust themselves off, Obama’s first words spoken as President were aimed at inspiring citizens to play an active role in the massive task of rebuilding our nation’s economy.