Election 2008: Scenes from the street celebration
A spontaneous street celebration broke out in downtown Madison last night, as thousands paraded and danced in the streets of Madison following Barack Obama's electoral victory. It is entirely possible that somewhere in the throng of ecstatic revelers, a sailor kissed a nurse. (Also, check out Critical Badger's contrast of 60s Madison versus today).
Fifteen images follow (click any image to embiggen):
Phil Ejercito
Contributing Writer
Phil Ejercito is a freelance photojournalist based out of Madison, WI. His primary photographic interests include (but are by no means limited to) live music, politics and activism, environmental portraiture, and severe weather events.
More of his work can be found at philephotography.com.
celebration
Submitted by michael donnelly on Wed, 2008-11-05 10:00.
Now I'm even more bummed I had to go home and go to bed. Thanks for getting pictures of this so I can at least see what happened.
Is there an estimate of how many people were out there?
Me too. However, the buzz on
Submitted by Jesse Russell on Wed, 2008-11-05 10:03.
Me too.
However, the buzz on the Internet is massive nationwide Inauguration Day street parties.
No matter the temperatures,
Submitted by Emily Mills on Wed, 2008-11-05 13:35.
No matter the temperatures, I will definitely be out dancing on that day!
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Inauguration Day
Submitted by michael donnelly on Fri, 2008-11-07 12:20.
Oh, I'm totally in.
Inauguration Day
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 2008-11-06 22:30.
Hell f**kin' yeah. This time I'm going to put it on my calendar (not that Nov 4th wasn't, but I was busy grocery shopping for some odd reason... B-)
Love the pix, especially that flag guy. He's my hero.
Crowd size?
Submitted by Phil on Fri, 2008-11-07 15:47.
I don't know if anyone ever really came out with a semi-official crowd count or anything, but my best guess would be around 8,000-10,000. 'Twas incredible, indeed.
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I was there, it was amazing.
Submitted by CK (not verified) on Thu, 2008-11-06 21:10.
I was there, it was amazing. Best State Street mob ever, as well as one incredible reason to be celebrating.
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