Obama Family Tours Washington

President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle took their daughters to the Lincoln Memorial Saturday night on the family’s first full weekend together in Washington ahead of the inauguration. The Obamas held the girls’ hands as they ascended the steps of the monument, flanked by security staff. Behind the columns at the front of the memorial, the president-elect appeared to pause briefly in front of the white marble statue of a seated Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Obama referenced President Lincoln throughout his own presidential campaign, which he began outside the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois where Mr. Lincoln began his political career. The family spent about ten minutes inside, in an area which includes inscriptions of the Gettysburg address and President Lincoln’s second inaugural address as well as murals depicting the freeing of slaves and representations of justice, unity and charity. They then walked down the steps, where civil rights leader Martin ... (link)