Inauguration Day

I was in high school, I had the great fortune of living just outside our nation’s capital. For all its ills, Washington DC is a fabulous tourist destination. The museums are spectacular. The monuments are grand, thought-provoking and beautiful. The mall is majestic. Best of all — it’s all free! In the fall of 1992, Bill Clinton was elected president. On January 20, 1993, a few of us walked up the block to the Wheaton metro stop and took the train into town. As I consider today’s inauguration, my mind naturally travels back to that cold, January morning over 20 years ago. The metro cars were jam packed with all sorts of people, every one of them in a festive mood. It was the kind […]