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Tribal Elder, Education Commit
tee secretary and "two-year fervent"
Barack Obama supporter Terri Dilts
returned from a two-week visit in
January to see her daughter, Cara,
in Washington, D.C., and attend the
inauguration ceremonies.
Dilts' desire to attend the presiden
tial inauguration came after donat
ing to the Obama campaign for two
years, actively campaigning for and
participating in the Obama Blog,
and painting a watercolor portrait of
Obama and then turning it into 800
handwritten postcards sent to the
Postcards for Obama Campaign.
Before leaving for Washington,
D.C., Dilts received news that her
name had been drawn from Oregon
Sen. Ron Wyden's lottery to receive
tickets for the inauguration. She
met and shook hands with Wyden
outside his Washington office while
picking up her tickets.
On inauguration morning, Terri
and Cara set off on foot at 6 a.m.
Jan. 20 to walk from Cara's row
house to the Silver Section gate
near the Capitol with their tickets.
Temperatures varied from 22 to 27
degrees with wind chill factors mak
ing it seem like 11 to 17 degrees.
Their hats were pulled down
to their eyebrows with a scarf
wrapped around their noses as pro
tection against the frigid tempera
tures. Toes and fingers needed to
be constantly wiggled while waiting
for the ceremony to begin.
Arriving at the final spot near
Throngs of paopla shuffled i
toward Capitol Hill in
Washington, D.CV on Tuesday,
Jan 20, to sm President
Barack Obama sworn in as the
country's 44th and first African
American president. Right, Tribal
descendant Cara Dilts and her
mother, scarf-covered Tribal
Elder Terri Dirts, were among
those who braved the frigid cold
for more than three hours to
witness history being made.
the first Jumbotron on the National
Mall was an adventure in itself,
Terri said. It involved them shuf
fling along en masse, barely able
to see the ground in front of their
feet with voices in the crowd yelling
"Curb!" or "Step down!"
Photos courtesy of Terri Dilts
Cara held her mother's hand,
guiding her toward the Silver Sec
tion gate. There were times when
ribbons of people holding hands
cut through the crowd that massed
across the sidewalks and streets.
People had a difficult time going
against the tide toward a different
color gate.
After going through airport-like
security with a pat down, Terri and
Cara arrived at their spot three
hours before the ceremony and they
began snapping photos.
When the event began, the crowd
was tightly packed together making
the large screen essential.
Sharpshooters were visible on
all surrounding building rooftops.
The unity and camaraderie found
in those tight quarters were infec
tious. The roar of the crowd after
the swearing-in ceremony even
dwarfed the 21-gun salute.
That night, Terri and Cara
donned their finest clothes and
drove amidst the limousines and
taxi cabs to the All American Ball,
which was Terri's Christmas gift
from her daughter.
The ball was unofficial, so the
Obamas did not make an appearance,
but Cara snapped a photo of Terri
next to a life-sized poster of Obama.
Comparing notes the next day
with Cara's friends, roommates and
people they met at the ball, Terri
and Cara discovered that many
people had not made it through the
crowd to get to their ticketed spot.
Some were even stuck in the "Third
Street Tunnel of Doom."
Terri and Cara said they felt lucky
to have gotten to their vantage point
and experienced the long, emotional
and historic day firsthand with mil
lions of Americans. D
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