01.20.09

6thdistrict_2Red Bank voters lined up at dawn on Nov. 4 to participate in the election that today puts Barack Obama in the White House as the 44th President of the United States of America.

Among the one to two million Americans expected by D.C. police to be present is 88-year-old Elmer ‘Ace’ Godwin of Shrewsbury, one of the surviving Tuskegee Airmen, the African-American pilots who fought in World War II.

Today’s Asbury Park Press has an article about the airmen and their thoughts on today’s main event.

https://www.redbankgreen.com/redbankgreen/2009/01/012009.html

Posted on January 20, 2009 at 6:24 am, filed under Current Affairs, Government, History, Politics, World Affairs. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment. Email this story.