latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/21/2009
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Of the many reports surfacing of would-be inaugural spectators denied entrance to the National Mall, this one definitely takes the cake: A nightmarish scene inside what is being called the Purple Tunnel of Doom. Writing on ForeignPolicy.com, Marc Lynch has...
politico.com - 1/19/2009
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Citizens turned out on the Mall to watch
the event on giant screens tomorrow will have a...
second chance to see the invocation by Gene Robinson, the gay Episcopal bishop, a source at the Presidential Inauguration Committee said. "Yesterday's ...
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Inaugural Committee will rebroadcast Robinson on Mall
nationalmall.org - 1/18/2009
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THE NATIONAL MALL The National Mall - America's
Front Yard Stretching from the foot of the U.S....
Capitol past the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial and over to the Jefferson Memorial celebrates our nation's rich history is a place where ...
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Trust for the National Mall - The Official Partner of ...
firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/23/2009
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From NBC's Mike Viqueira You may have heard
about the "Purple Tunnel of Doom," wherein bona fide...
Inaugural ticket holders were directed by police into the Third Street tunnel that runs under the base of Capitol Hill, only to become trapped ...
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'Tunnel of Doom' investigation?
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Tunnels of Gloom
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The only negative from today's festivities: Washington, D.C. was woefully unequipped to handle the million people who turned out for the inauguration. Even the 240,000 with tickets. The horror stories are all over. There's even a Facebook group, Survivors of the Purple Tunnel of Doom's Wall. A few stories: [More...] We stood back-to-chest, shoulder-to-shoulder with thousands of others in a mob ---- there was no line, only a mob. In 5 hours standing in "line," we did not see one person in authority: ...
The Purple Tunnel of Doom & Other Obama Inauguration Nightmares (Video)
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... Of the many reports surfacing of would-be inaugural spectators denied entrance to the National Mall, this one definitely takes the cake: A nightmarish scene inside what is being called the Purple Tunnel of Doom. ...
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