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Emotional Day Ends in Jubilation for Some, Stoicism for Others
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Grace Brune, 11, stood with her parents, Robert Brune and Janine Colmoletti, who decided to bring her to the Lincoln Memorial to capture the significance of the night.
"We were watching TV last night. Grace saw an Obama sign and said, 'Look -- it says, "Hope," ' and that's how we feel," Colmoletti said. Just then, someone shouted that Obama had won Pennsylvania. Colmoletti, holding a mini TV, looked at the screen and the states that had been counted.
Brune said: "I think the healing between races will leap forward tremendously. In psychology, they call it a paradigm shift."
The family stood near the marble columns waiting and watching the television for updates. Robert Brune looked out over the Reflecting Pool. "It stopped raining," he said. "The sky has parted for Obama."
In the Arlington County community of Nauck, founded in 1844 by former slaves, yesterday dawned as a day of wonder. The line to vote at Drew Model Elementary School started shortly after 3 a.m. and ran through the parking lot and into the street.
"There were some older folks waiting in line who'd never voted before in their lives," said John Lett, Nauck precinct captain for the Arlington Democratic Party.
This story was reported by the Metro staff.
