Residents going all out to see Obama inaugurated in person
By Tracy Moss
Sunday November 23, 2008
Rick Danzl
Fred and Lou Crockett of Danville are traveling to Washington, D.C., in January for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration. They plan to meet their five children there to share Obama's historic moment.
Whether they get tickets or not, Fred and Lou Crockett will be in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 for Barack Obama's inauguration as president of the United States.
But the Crocketts aren't the only East Central Illinois residents planning a trip to the nation's capital for the historic moment. Calls for inauguration tickets have been rolling in to all the Illinois congressional offices.
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