Michelle Obama Our First lady elect, was almost torn a new a-hole during the campaign because she admitted that for the first time in a long time she was REALLY proud of her country.
Well i am just a peon, a nobody SO I can say what ever the hell i want. And today I must say that for the first time in a long time i am really proud of my country.
It has long been known that slaves were part of the labor force that built the White House and the US Capitol. And today the US National Archives exhibited government pay records from more than 200 years ago that portray some of that often overlooked history.
The slaves working on the building were bricklayers and carpenters. And though their names (and only their first names) appear in the pay records, the money they earned went to their owners. Even the architect of the White House, James Hoban, owned three slaves who were working on the project, and Hoban was paid for their labor.
The CBS Evening News aired a segment on the slaves who worked on the White House, and Jesse Holland, a writer for the Associated Press who has written extensively about the slaves who helped build the city of Washington, has also written about the new revelations.
On January 20, 2009 I will have my tissue handy as President elect Barack obama is sworn in as the first african american president, the 44th president of these united states. It will probably be thee most proud day of my life. Because for the first time a black man, woman and children will reside in the white house built by slaves. I am still trying to wrap my brain around that, but No matter what is going on in the world right now i am very proud of my country.
Not just because we have a black president, but because we are finally getting pass color at all. We still have a ways to go but we are at a new beginning for sure.
Happy Birthday Dr. Martin L. King. The Dream is alive and well.
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