I can say I have witnessed the advent of greater peace in our society, but that is in comparison to all the turmoil I have seen. I wanted to find a moment in contemporary history that others with different experiences might be able to point to, a place where the tension and strife in our society had ceased, even temporarily. I looked for one moment that we may all remember, a moment that expands beyond politics or partisanship, but expressed the ability of a nation to heal. For me, the nomination of Barack Obama as a candidate for president and his inauguration in Washington represents a brief
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