As Barack Obama was elected President last night (11/4/08), spontaneous celebration occured around the country and the world. Here are some highlights:
CNN:
Obama win sparks celebrations outside White House
(CNN) — As tens of thousands of people cheered Barack Obama’s presidential victory at his home base in Chicago, Illinois, others were celebrating near his future house.
At least 1,000 people gathered on Washington’s Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House late Tuesday night, shouting “Obama! Obama!” and “Yes we can!” Uniformed Secret Service officers were overheard, saying they’d never seen anything like it.
In Boston, Massachusetts, thousands of people — many of them college students — hit the streets to celebrate the election of the country’s 44th president. The sound of car horns could be heard across the city, CNN affiliate WCVB reported.
Boston police said the celebrations were peaceful, but they closed some streets to control the crowds, WCVB reported.
In Chicago’s Grant Park, where police estimated at least 200,000 had gathered to hear Obama claim victory, the crowd erupted in cheers and screams after news organizations projected him the winner.
From Harlem, to the avenue in Atlanta where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was born, to Oakland, Calif., Americans black and white celebrated Barack Obama’s election with tears, the honking of horns, screams of joy, arms lifted skyward — and memories of civil rights struggles past.
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