As I mentioned yesterday, there are two Weatherbirds in today’s paper. It has to be a Weatherbird-first. Both are related to the inauguration of a new president.
On the inauguration wrap, the Weatherbird is walking with President Barack Obama. You can still…
This is a historic day: There will be two Weatherbirds in tomorrow’s paper! (There was already an extra edition Weatherbird this afternoon. Weatherbird artist Dan Martin has been busy today.)
The first Weatherbird will be on an 8-page inauguration wrap. As I’m sure…
The Weatherbird is making a special appearance in our inauguration extra edition, swearing in Barack Obama as president.
The extra edition will be available between 3 and 4 p.m. at retail locations and from street hawkers. It will be $1.50. Call…
Barack Obama will be sworn in as president and Joe Biden will be sworn in as vice president around 10 a.m. today. We’ll have an extra edition on the inauguration, available at 4 p.m., with it’s own extra edition Weatherbird.
We…
Tomorrow is Inauguration Day.
Take a look at past inaugurations: Find out who had the shortest speech, who was the first president to not wear a top hat to the inaugural ceremony, who had the coldest and warmest inauguration (it…
Some say President-elect Barack Obama’s election has the same historical significance as the Emancipation Proclamation, signed by President Abraham Lincoln to free slaves, and the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King Jr., best known for his “I Have a…
After the Tuesday’s inauguration, President-elect Barack Obama will face five big issues:
Obama’s inauguration will draw inspiration from President Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inauguration — Obama is even swearing in on the same Bible…
Gov. Jay Nixon was sworn in to office Monday, becoming the 55th Missouri governor. After the short ceremony, the new governor called for unity in his inaugural speech.
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, Treasurer Clint Zweifel and Attorney…
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon was sworn in Monday near the Capitol steps by Chief Supreme Court Justice Denvir Stith. In his inauguration speech, Nixon called for unity and a “new day for Missouri.”
Watch the inaugural addresses after you vote on tomorrow’s Bird…
Edna J. Patterson-Petty of East St. Louis created a quilt that will be displayed at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., to honor Barack Obama as the 44th president.
Patterson-Petty’s quilt, which she named “Road to Redemption,” features a winding road…
