Obama Visits Tomb of Unknowns ; Attends Services with His Family at D.C.'S Oldest Black Church
The Washington Times › January 19, 2009
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President-elect Barack Obama continued to explore his new home city Sunday, pausing amid the inaugural bustle to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns and to attend religious services at the city's oldest black church as he searches for a spiritual home in town. Joined by Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., Mr. Obama laid the wreath before the tomb, in Arlington National Cemetery, then stood holding hands over their hearts as taps was played.
Mr. Obama and his family then attended Nineteenth Street Baptist Church, where the Rev. Derrick Harkins, pastor of the church, placed Mr. Obama in a line of champions of racial equality who gave up a comfortable life to pursue justice.See the full content of this document
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Obama Visits Tomb of Unknowns ; Attends Services with His Family at D.C.'S Oldest Black Church
The pastor also compared Mr. Obama to Esther from the Bible, who braved persecution to speak up and defend Persian Jews fr...
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