Obama night in Hintonburg
As the years go by a couple of hundred Ottawa residents will have exactly the same answer to the question “where were you when you heard that America elected its first black president?”.
“The Carleton Tavern” will be their answer and that is because the local chapter of Democrats Abroad chose the Armstrong Street institution for their keenly-awaited election-watching party.
We’ve captured something of the heady atmosphere in the old saloon as one state after another was called for Barack; click on the photo to see a short slide show of the evening and listen to the roar that went up at 11.00 PM as CNN called the election for Obama.
In the audio clip below we hear how the event was organized from Bayswater Avenue’s Rachel Eugster, a dual citizen who is proud of both her passports but who, like millions of other Americans, thought the time was right for change.
Ah. This explains what was going on.. too bad we didn’t stick around looks like a good party