The Washington, D.C. police say that 1.8 million people attended (or attempted to attend) the Inauguration of President Obama. Other estimates vary, but whatever the number actually was, it was a HUGE crowd.
The picture above is from Popular Science (click to enlarge). The brown things that look like swarms of bees are actually thousands of people. Pretty cool.
OK, now for the free historic stuff. I am giving away two historic copies of the New York Times to one random commenter on this post. The two newspapers are the election edition and the inauguration edition - and are great keepsakes of our historic new President. Please note that the newspapers are NOT in pristine condition - I DID read them, after all - but they would be something worth saving.
Please comment on this post (only ONCE!) - and I will pick a random winner sometime over the weekend. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE COMMENT - so I can reach you if you win.
