special issue: inauguration 2009 - National Peace Corps Association

and he pointing excitedly, telling Michelle
and Joe Biden that Harris was there. The
new President looked at Harris Wofford
with his characteristic smile, only the look
was different, more peaceful and nostalgic.
I wonder if he was remembering traveling
around the country with Harris during
the campaign hearing Peace Corps stories.
Whatever he was thinking, the President
was emotional.
I wish I had seen Sen. Wofford’s face
but I was focused on the glowing cube,
Obama’s smile and trying to absorb what it
all meant. The Obamas and Bidens leaned
forward to see us all and our sea of flags. I
felt that we were now Obama’s kids being
ushered in by Kennedy’s kids. And I knew
then that President Obama is going to do
something great for the Peace Corps.
Elizabeth B. Fuhrman
Honduras 84-85
Sri Lanka 93-94
I’m from Texas and I don’t do cold
weather. So when I first got the e-mail
looking for flag bearers to march in the
inaugural parade, I chuckled and passed it
by. Freezing my you-know-what all day just
to carry a flag, are you kidding? But then
I started thinking how proud I was, with
my rainbow Obama bumper sticker, as well
as how cool it would be to tell the high
school students I teach English as a Second
Language to in Montgomery County,
Maryland. Also, I would love to tell my
Sri Lankan or Honduran friends that I
represented their beautiful countries in front
of the President of the United States! I did an
about-face, registered for the lottery and
then waited for the weather gods to decide
Paused in front of the National Archives, as the sun sets.
Dan Noll, www.uncorneredmarket.com
14 Spring 2009