Experiencing a Piece of History
“This is my first time voting as a United States citizen. I wouldn’t be anywhere else,” said Kevin Parker a Brit who recently gained his citizenship. Parker was part of the several thousand person party that took place in Times Square on November 4th 2008. Police were not expecting the amount of people that showed up for the impromptu event. As soon as Obama was announced the winner the NYPD came out with barricades to control the happy crowds. Chants of “Yes we did,” and “No more Bush” were heard throughout the evening and well into the early morning. The next morning supporters wanted to get a physical piece of the historic election. The New York Times sold out of papers at newsstands across the city. The Times ordered 50,000 extra copies. People waited up to an hour in line outside the building to get a copy of the paper. <a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/54936308@N00/sets/72157608702463242/show/”><img src=”http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/katherinenocera/files/2008/11/dscf2165-300×225.jpg” alt=”" title=”Revelers in Times Square” width=”300″ height=”225″ class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-33″ /></a> Click on the photo for the slideshow.