At first I was skeptical of going, plus as I have become older I really don't like crowds.
At first all I wanted to do was see the Parade and fly by... the fun stuff but even at that I only wanted to watch it on TV... then we talked about watching it from a window and then we agreed we would just go outside and watch it from the front of the building and see both the Parade and flyby.
And so my colleague and I took the elevator down to the ground floor at about 11:30am and went outside.
There were so many people streaming up on to the Hill and there seemed to be an energy about it and so my colleague said, "C'mon let's go to the Hill" and so we did.
Walking up to the Hill was an experience unto itself, some people reconnecting, some people practising getting their marching legs, some people stopping and embracing people that they seemed not to have seen in a long time, while others that seemed to be their neighbours.
Because we were so early my colleague and I found a great spot to see the parade and view the jumbo-trons of the event.
The ceremonies themselves went off generally very well, in my and my colleagues opinion the speeches should have come before the 2 minute silence broken by the flyby and the flyby should have ended the ceremony it would have been more poignant that way, but hey... they don't consult artists about such things and not everyone is as smart as we are. ;)
I commented to my colleague that it reminded me of the gathering that occurred in 9/11 on the Hill (which we both participated in) when there was a gathering on the Hill in sympathy and solidarity for the attack on the Trade Towers and that this was bringing things full circle.
She said she had forgotten but, yes that is right.
Interestingly enough when we got back to the office and tuned into CPAC, they said the same thing. I am glad that some others view it the same way.
I am happy my colleague said, "C'mon let's go to the Hill", and then so we did.
Lest we forget.
At first all I wanted to do was see the Parade and fly by... the fun stuff but even at that I only wanted to watch it on TV... then we talked about watching it from a window and then we agreed we would just go outside and watch it from the front of the building and see both the Parade and flyby.
And so my colleague and I took the elevator down to the ground floor at about 11:30am and went outside.
There were so many people streaming up on to the Hill and there seemed to be an energy about it and so my colleague said, "C'mon let's go to the Hill" and so we did.
Walking up to the Hill was an experience unto itself, some people reconnecting, some people practising getting their marching legs, some people stopping and embracing people that they seemed not to have seen in a long time, while others that seemed to be their neighbours.
Because we were so early my colleague and I found a great spot to see the parade and view the jumbo-trons of the event.
The ceremonies themselves went off generally very well, in my and my colleagues opinion the speeches should have come before the 2 minute silence broken by the flyby and the flyby should have ended the ceremony it would have been more poignant that way, but hey... they don't consult artists about such things and not everyone is as smart as we are. ;)
I commented to my colleague that it reminded me of the gathering that occurred in 9/11 on the Hill (which we both participated in) when there was a gathering on the Hill in sympathy and solidarity for the attack on the Trade Towers and that this was bringing things full circle.
She said she had forgotten but, yes that is right.
Interestingly enough when we got back to the office and tuned into CPAC, they said the same thing. I am glad that some others view it the same way.
I am happy my colleague said, "C'mon let's go to the Hill", and then so we did.
Lest we forget.
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