At Fitler Elementary School in Germantown, where students have been preparing for this day for two months, students dressed in red white and blue and donated money to help a homeless family. After Barack Obama's election, some students launched the "Obama Hope Organization" to perform good deeds in their community.
In a second-grade classroom, Principal Willette Jones distributed inaugural buttons to rows of eager children.
"We want you to keep these forever in remembrance of today," Jones said.
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Thomas Fitzgerald joined The Philadelphia Inquirer in 2000, and has covered Harrisburg as well as city, state and national politics for the newspaper. He was a “boy on the bus” in the 2004 presidential campaign and during primary contests in 2000 and 1996.
Nathan Gorenstein has covered politics and government in the city, state and nation for the Inquirer. He's worked in the city hall bureau, had a stint on the business desk, and once covered the suburbs. After serving as assistant regional editor, he was named editor of the "Politics" web site.
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