On Saturday morning Barack Obama came to Philadelphia. We were told via email the night before that he would be coming to 4 different locations throughout the city, and so we, along with about 60,000 (no kidding) other people, decided to go see him.
We met the Arnolds around 10 in Germantown and joined a super long line to enter Vernon Park. After an hour and a half in the line, we could finally see the gate, only they decided to stop letting people in.
Luckily, we had spotted the Howes across the street and asked them to join us. The Howes are such big Obama supporters they donated their car (and house) for the cause. They decided they wouldn't be turned away, so pregnant Jeni, jumped over that little black fence to get in the park. Jon soon followed and the two lifted our stroller over. Well, we weren't going to be left behind, so hop over we did!
Jeni holding Michaela so she could see Mr. Obama!
A shot of the crowd---Obama is under the tree limb straight ahead. From our vantage point, he was about the size of a cricket (thankfully we could hear him though).
Oliver, clearly inspired.
Kiernan and his buddy Wesley Arnold (welcome Wes!) after the rally.
The big dudes.
1 comment:
That's an AWESOME story! LOL! Breaking into a rally, lmao. I love it.
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