Once again today, I have elected to provide two posts on the Democratic National Convention. This first post for the day is simply to recognize the historicity of this day in the United States of America.
On this day, August 28th, forty-five years ago, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. and delivered his most famous speech: the "I Have A Dream" speech. In the last forty-five years much has transpired.
Included in what has transpired in that forty-five years are the historical events of the presidential primaries of this past spring. We have seen for the first time a female candidate as a serious contender for the nomination of a major party for President contending against the first serious African American contender for the nomination of a major party for President. In the end, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) defeated Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and won his parties nomination for President.
Tonight on this historic anniversary, Mr. Obama will deliver his acceptance speech. In the midst of the partisan politics of an election season it is important that we do not miss the very significant historicity of this evening. For this reason, I have chosen to describe that historicity here without political commentary. I will reserve that commentary for my second post of this evening.
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