Being a part of history isn't easy. Now, a month after a select few from Riverview High School and I - a 16-year-old college-bound student and aspiring journalist - attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama, I can look back and see that it took work, perseverance and patience to attend this monumental occurrence. ...more

March 9, 2009

SOUTH TAMPA St. Mary's Episcopal Day School pupils and teachers celebrated the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20 with a Red, White and Blue Jeans Day. ...more

February 4, 2009

Preserve the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama with a custom reprint of The Tampa Tribune's front page or the front page of the Tribune's bonus inauguration section. ...more

January 21, 2009

Two buses filled with more than 100 people from the Bay area are on their way to Washington, D.C. this morning to be part of history. ...more

January 19, 2009

The Tampa Theatre plans to show the live broadcast of the presidential Inauguration Day ceremony for Barack Obama on the big screen Tuesday. ...more

January 15, 2009

It is the little parade that could. Tampa's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a celebration of the civil rights leader beginning at noon Monday. ...more

January 14, 2009

With the Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and the enormous national economic stimulus package that has been promised to come immediately after, Mayor Scott McPherson thinks the time is right to work on some national name recognition for the city. McPherson announced at the Jan. 6 City Council meeting he has decided to attend the 77th winter meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors, to be held Jan. 17 - 19 in Washington, D.C. ...more

January 14, 2009

The inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama is nearing and controversy has already begun to erupt about the historic event. Obama has asked the Rev. Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church and the best-selling author of the "Purpose Driven Life," to provide the opening prayer of the inaugural ceremony. That this popular and well-respected Christian leader would be tapped for the invocation has upset many on the far left and in the gay community. ...more

January 3, 2009

High school students Liliana Ibarra and Pedro Limas have both overcome the obstacles to education faced by many children from migrant families. ...more

November 14, 2008