At the age of 9, I sat on a curb on Washington Circle in the Capital as Martin Luther King, Jr and thousands of his supporters walked by on his way to the Lincoln Memorial to give the "I have a dream" speech. For a Wonder Bread-white kid from the suburbs raised in the 1950's in a very segregated world, it changed my life forever.
Now, I'm at an age I should be a Republican. But my eyes teared up when I heard these words on Election Night:
"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other." Grant Park - 11/4/08
I'm proud to be an American. I'll be even prouder on January 20th.
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