In addition to receiving the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens stamp yesterday, the Rangers also stamped my book with a stamp commemorating the Inauguration.

A Limited Edition stamp

They also gave me a button.

"Where History Happens": How'd they know history was going to happen there?

Considering that I did not attend, the stamp is merely a “Collector’s item” in my book. So, no reason to protest. It will not count towards my total this year.

It is Limited Edition stamp, supposed to have been available only from January 20 to February 20, 2009.

The rationale behind the stamp was that Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, given on park land, helped make possible the 44th President.
The woman who gave the Inaugural poem was a little girl in the crowd that day on the Mall, which is part of the reason why she was picked; the other reason being that she and Obama attended school together. I am sure that helps. That’s a relief to hear, because it definitely wasn’t because she was a good poet.