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L.A. TIMES: A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say. “More than 1 million spectators convened…
L.A. TIMES: A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say. “More than 1 million spectators convened on the National Mall to watch Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday, but it was unclear if the crowd surpassed the record thought to have been set at Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 ...
A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say - Los Angeles Times
A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- More than 1 million spectators convened on the National Mall to watch Barack... Obama take the oath of office Tuesday, but it was unclear if the crowd surpassed the record thought to have been set at Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 ... (more) A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say - Los ...
Official Inauguration crowd estimate: 1.8 million
Official Inauguration crowd estimate: 1.8 million
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — 1.8 million were on hand to witness Obama's Inauguration. (CNN) –A record crowd lined the National Mall... and parade route on Inauguration Day, Washington officials said Thursday. About 1.8 million came to the city for the day’s inaugural ... (more) Official Inauguration crowd estimate: 1.8 million
A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say - Los Angeles Times
A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com — Reporting from Washington -- More than 1 million spectators convened on the National Mall to watch Barack... Obama take the oath of office Tuesday, but it was unclear if the crowd surpassed the record thought to have been set at Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 ... (more) A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say - Los ...
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Well, one million at the Mall is nothing to be *ashamed* of.
RedState: Conservative News and CommunityThat’s quite a lot, really. Maybe not quite record-breaking, but still quite a lot: A record crowd for inauguration? Hard to say Reporting from Washington — More than 1 million spectators convened on the National Mall to watch Barack Obama take the oath of office Tuesday, but it was unclear if the crowd surpassed the record thought to have been set at Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1965 inauguration. Though early estimates ranged as high as 2 million people, satellite images of Obama’s swearing-in ...

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