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Johnson family from Chicago's south suburbs on the mall celebrating Obama's inauguration

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Sandra Johnson and daughters on the National Mall Sunday afternoon......on witnessing the inauguration of Barack Obama

"This is history. I'm never going to see this again. I want to tell my children about this."
---Jerae Johnson, 25, Robbins, a lab technician.


---"Seeing just the different people coming together, not just the African-American people, different people uniting for the purpose of the nation."
--Sharletha Johnson, 34, Oak Forest, a civil engineer.

"It was like Martin Luther King. He had a dream and Barack Obama fulfilled that dream."
--Sandra Johnson, 55, Robbins, a teacher.


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Sharletha,

I am so excited that you and your family got to go to Washington for the Inauguration and that you got to witness history live and in person!! I took Monday and Tuesday off and watched the inauguration from home. My sister who moved to Baltimore about a year ago to go to nursing school was there at the Washington monument as well. Way to represent and God Bless!!

Sharletha,

That is wonderful that your family got to experience such a historic event and then to be chosen to be in the newspaper. I'm sure you will remember this forever.

Kingdom Blessings Shar!

Our Heavenly Daddy is SO Awesome! I'm so excited to know you, and by the way you got that South Side Anointing!

Much Love
Annette

Wow! That's unbelievable! I bet you guys were excited because I'm excited for you! That's most definately a memory to keep in the Family for years!

What a blessing. GOD is so good, that is truly GOD's favor being manifested. It ain't fair,but it's fabolous!!!!

Hi Sharletha. Congradulations on going to the inauguration. I'm sure it must have been exciting and an overwhelming experience. God bless you and your family.

FAVOR,FAVOR, FAVOR. GOD BLESS YOU!

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