where the privileged mingled with the rabble
This was the ticketed seating area for the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Tickets for this event were free and distributed on November 1 at the White House Visitors Center in the Department of Commerce building on a first-come, first-serve basis. Of course, the front rows were reserved for dignitaries.
No bleachers in the back this year -- not sure when (or why) they stopped building them. Maybe for security purposes.
The overall crowd for the ceremony was fairly large...but wait 'til next year when President and Mrs. Obama and their girls light the tree for the first time.
DCist, December 5, 2008: "Morning Roundup: It's Beginning to a [sic] Look a Lot Like Edition"
where the privileged mingled with the rabble
This was the ticketed seating area for the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony. Tickets for this event were free and distributed on November 1 at the White House Visitors Center in the Department of Commerce building on a first-come, first-serve basis. Of course, the front rows were reserved for dignitaries.
No bleachers in the back this year -- not sure when (or why) they stopped building them. Maybe for security purposes.
The overall crowd for the ceremony was fairly large...but wait 'til next year when President and Mrs. Obama and their girls light the tree for the first time.
DCist, December 5, 2008: "Morning Roundup: It's Beginning to a [sic] Look a Lot Like Edition"