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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWe got cheated out of this in 2020, so let's go back 12 years for this moment:
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We got cheated out of this in 2020, so let's go back 12 years for this moment: (Original Post)
George II
Nov 2020
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SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. I was in Grant Park that night!
Still brings tears to my eyes! Magical moment like nothing I have ever experienced!
George II
(67,782 posts)2. You are so lucky. I get goose bumps even today watching that again.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)3. Made me cry watching it.
It was so amazing! The City was so alive that night, with hope & joy & good will! 💗
electric_blue68
(14,818 posts)4. I was at Rockefeller Center's Election Countdown for Obama's
Election in '12 and 2008!.💖💖
OMG! It was GLORIOUS !!!!!
Almost as good as Grant Park. 😁
I was soooo glad I went! The memories are still Vivid when I call them up!!!
And I have photos somewhere! 🤔 ❤️
renate
(13,776 posts)5. The video from that night is why we still have a 12-year-old DVR
I go back and watch them every so often and they make me so happy every time!
Ill bookmark your post so I can update our DVR! So, double thanks!!
monmouth4
(9,686 posts)6. One of the shots taken that night was of Jesse Jackson in tears. You didn't have to wonder
what he was thinking. Very moving and wonderful.