"We Are One" Concert

On Saturday morning, I stumbled across this article on how Astros reliever LaTroy Hawkins was coming to the District for the inauguration.  So naturally, I had to go.  The mission was simple: find LaTroy Hawkins, while simultaneously attempting to come as close as possible to the Lincoln Memorial, where the We Are One concert was being held.

The Capitol was getting decked out:

People were coming from every which way:

But I didn't truly appreciate the massive number of people until I reached the Washington Monument and saw the sea of people:

By climbing over chains, squeezing past people, and taking an extremely indirect route, I finally made it to the best location I was going to stand in that day.  And this is how far away it twas:

This was the view behind me, facing the Washington Monument:

A LOT of people.  That's all there was to it:

I can only describe what it was like walking through 17^th Street in one word:

Sardines

Yep, sardines (the picture below DOES NOT, I repeat DOES NOT do the situation justice):

Minutes after the concert ended, enter claustrophobia.

The White House on its third-to-last day of infestation:

What's the big deal with Hank Aaron's number?

The First Amendment from below:

Canada being Canada:

Celebrating their new neighbor:

And that's about it...

I'm going to the Inauguration tomorrow (or technically today) and will probably take better photos this time around.  Although the chances of seeing LaTroy Hawkins are about as good as the Nationals winning the pennant next year, I'll still have my eyes wide open.  But even if LaTroy eludes me, it will be a fine day (figuratively speaking):