The Inauguration of Barack Obama - Arrival By Train

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On January 17, 2009, Obama hosted a whistle stop train tour in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth year of Abraham Lincoln. Obama reenacted the final part of Lincolns 1861 train tour from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C.

Obama commenced the tour in Philadelphia at 30th Street Station. At the first stop in Wilmington, Delaware Vice President%u2011elect Biden and his family joined the tour. The train continued to Baltimore, Maryland, its second stop, and concluded at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

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Obama commenced the tour in Philadelphia by holding a town hall meeting at 30th Street Station with a few hundred supporters.
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At the first stop in Wilmington, Delaware Vice President-elect Biden and his family joined the tour. Biden, dubbed "Amtrak Joe" for his daily commutes on Amtrak between Wilmington and Washington, built a reputation as a supporter of increased funding for U.S. commuter rail transportation.
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The train continued to Baltimore, Maryland, its second stop, where Obama spoke to a crowd of about 40,000 people.
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During his speeches to the crowds, Obama emphasized the theme "A New Birth of Freedom", using phrases associated with Lincoln such as "better angels" and "a new declaration of independence". Obama referred to patriotic forebearers in his speech when he reminded the crowds that "we should never forget that we are the heirs of that first band of patriots, ordinary men and women who refused to give up when it all seemed so improbable; and who somehow believed that they had the power to make the world anew."
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total distance: 124 miles (200 km)

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