IVORY ON THE PROMISE OF RENEWAL

At 53 years of age, I have never beforehand born personal witness to a political Woodstock on the scale we all experienced in Washington with the inauguration of the 44th President of the United States.

The historical significance of the elevation of an African-American junior US Senator from Illinois to the White House as our president can never be underestimated.

My fervent hope is for the success of his Administration, which success will only improve the lives of millions of Americans and our fellow humans across the globe.

My sole worry is that expectations raised by the brilliant campaign he ran and the promises made were hopefully not so lofty -though inspirational- that failure to achieve the each and every objective in his campaign manifesto will be taken by the shrill opposition as a failure of the entire manifesto despite whatever beneficial successes are achieved by this most promising change in administration.

The thanks of the Ivory contingent, a.k.a. the Ryder family, to the Williams family for permitting us to join with them in this historic outing can never be said enough.

The dream is alive, hope springs eternal, and again on 20 January, 2009, Washington DC was once again that shining city on the hill, where the promise of the future burns bright as a guiding light forward to better days for one and for all. God Bless America!