Posted on 01/19/2017 2:53:45 AM PST by DollyCali
Mormon Choir with the plaid scarves. And yes I cried every time a bagpipe came by Then called sis and we would cry some more. His mother would be so proud.
The crystal bowls they were given at the luncheon. The glass came from Slovania. Cried more.
And Barron and the hot cocoa at the parade. Two cups in ten minutes ? He’s definitely a growing boy. The waves and standing O from his “fans. “Barron! Barron!”(Growing up so fast).
His tenderness to the little ones.
“Master” Barron was spotted taking a tour of grounds earlier in day.
He is going to be so loved. British papers and video were best. They love him already
Family bowling session at The White House. @MrsVanessaTrump doing pretty well considering she's in heels😂 #bowling pic.twitter.com/tfPCmpDliG— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 21, 2017
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Thanks for that link!
Awesome!!!
She has a great heart, and so does President Trump.
They connect with, and are aware of, the people.
.@PressSec SeanSpicer sets the record straight on #FakeNews etc #PresidentTrump #MAGA #Inauguration
pic.twitter.com/sirZmVsjP9— Linda Suhler, Ph.D. (@LindaSuhler) January 21, 2017
Franklin Graham’s remark about God’s blessing with rain was a goosebump moment.
DITTO!
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?
Well!!
It’s about time FR is back!!
Anybody still awake?
LOL
I hope Jenner is happy but that still looks like man in a dress to me.
I am so happy for our country and our world and so grateful.
Cool. I had forgotten that during one of his petulant temper fits Obama had shut down the White House tours.
Good morning!
Wonderful to wake up early and come to FR and it’s back up and running!!
Sean said President Trump (I so LOVE being able to say that instead of just PEOTUS)...mentioned I or ME only 3 times in his inauguration speech. Compare that to Obammy who could not speak without it being “I” or “me” every other sentence.
What a delightful difference!
Woohoo everybody - back online and now we can catch up!
We will take this morning and a good part of afternoon to catch up this thread with pix, links and news from Inaugural day and Saturday. New WEEK OF thread (like Dose) will go up late afternoon today and run for one week.
The New archived thread will start with this PING LIST. Post here to be added or removed
Omg..too funny..I thought we had been hacked like DU on election night.
You guys have to find bubba clip of staring down either ivanka or melania and getting caught by hillary. Hilarious
Good morning, DollyCali!!!!!
It’s wonderful to be back online!
I can’t wait to read everybody’s memories of the inauguration!
I was in tears most of the day Friday.
All of it was so wonderful! I watched almost every second of the events.
If FR had been up, I would have been here some of the time but I don’t have a TV in my computer room so I would have had Cspan.org on while typing and reading this thread on FR.
With FR down, I just watched the inauguration - like I said, every second of it - on cspan with occasional channel changes over to Fox - but those talking heads there were beyond the pale bad.....so Cspan with no commentary was the best!
I now find that I want to see more, more, more of our First Family! So, I will come here to read from everybody’s thoughts and photos.
Thanks in advance, everybody!
[Thank goodness we are back!!!]
I breathed a sigh of relief when the site came up. It made me appreciate FREE REPUBLIC all the more. I hope we will do the PRESIDENTIAL FREE REPUBLIC MONEY BOMB this week!
This can’t happen again. I wonder how many FREEPERS checked http://www.isitdownrightnow.com/freerepublic.com.html. LOL
[White House tours open again ! Woo Hoo]
FREE REPUBLIC needs to get 100,000 people to sign petitions for our causes. The opposition already has theirs up.
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/
[The Staff Sergeant who danced with Melania and gave her a twirl was a moment.]
Did you notice PRESIDENT TRUMP’S smile when the Staff Sergeant did that? I imagine he was thinking,”Wish I would have done that.” LOL
I was able to watch the events til about 2 on Friday but then had to go to work at the grocery store for my wine sampling job so missed the parade. Went to bed pretty early Fri night with headache. Did not go to the Inaugural party I was intending to join. Watched Parade Sunday afternoon and also the procession to the WH viewing stands from the Capitol.
some of the highlights or things I noted of the past two days for me were:
-The appearance of the main players. (okay, Im shallow). The Pence and Trump family looked like royalty. They were poised, elegant, beautifully dressed and coifed. The carried themselves well, spoke well, and even the children were wonderfully behaved.
- The courtesy of all towards each other publicly
- The confusion on MOs part receiving the gift. She felt awkward and it seemed like she wanted to hide it to me. AND AM I THE ONLY ONE that shuddered when she went on screen. Everything I read said how great she looked. Not to me. Dress was matronly and made her look more large and awkward than she already was. Hair. Meh.. well POSSIBLY my not liking her is carrying over into my evaluation but I thought the contrast between the outgoing and incoming was Bottom of Barrel to CREAM ON THE TOP.
-Barron. What a handsome young guy. His confidence grew over the day of exposure. I especially got a kick our of when the family entered the presidential viewing box at Parade when outside you could hear chanting of BARRON! BARRON! BARRON!. He was cute the couple times the family walked when he shyly waved at first and then got more into it.
- At beginning of parade the military general, Trump and Pence all saluted flag and salutes. Short time later just military and Trump saluted and at same time Pence covered his heart as a form of salute. Wondering if someone told him to cease and desist that only the CIC is to return or originate these? Just a curiosity .
- The parade components .. what a great combo. Glad to have no floats as such. Honoring the military, schools,LEO, scouting/youth, bagpipes/horses, and Vets .. as well as segments of our country (like the Made in America farm tractors... ) I think that was Barron’s favorite part. Did you note his excitement during that part?
- during worship Saturday AM.. Melania was deeply moved by the female singing How Great thou Art. She was close to tears. She was the first one standing and clapping at the end of the song and others joined her.
- Saturday worship service.. interesting blend and I saw how they tried to incorporate the essence of variety of worship.. but it became tedious to me. I do NOT Like canned prayers and it seemed to a degree they was a prayer contest of sorts. A couple seemed soulful but most platitudish . After service nice to see DJT go to the participants and shake hands and thank them.
-The balls.. I just saw the one news cast broadcast covering them all.. but always the blocking when anything we really wanted to see/hear came on. The dancing was nice and esp touching the 2 military couples dancing with the Trumps and Pences. It was fun seeing the flair Melania’s gent exuded.
- the media continuing to try to downplay, discredit, distort all aspects. Size of crowd, content of his speech, the participants
-beginning of media understanding the consequences of their misdeeds and that even if they put on a hissy fit, too bad. Some getting better - a little!
- GREAT seeing Mad Dog come up with DJT AND MP during the parade and chatting. there were some serious times between DJT and him. Already working
-wondering if Melania and Barron will be permitted to use the TRUMP plane. OR if they must use AF2 for security reasons.
- people wondering about how DJT will live without company MONIES or income as president. come on now. He divested his company relationship. He did NOT give away his wealth/savings etc. They won’t be living on our nickel. we can be sure of that.
JUST A FEW OF MY TOP OF HEAD THOUGHTS...
I watched the parade next day via computer stream I teared up MANY times during the parade ... looking at the participants, first family etc.
Here at hotel NO OAN, SPAN or Fox business news. Friday morning I switched between Fox and CNN.
Anyone know what the wah wah wah chant was at the first of service yesterday...thought it might be jewish
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