Ma hope koke iho o ka lā Koho Balota, loaʻa iaʻu kahi manaʻo maikaʻi loa: e lawe au i kaʻu keiki mai ke kula a hele i Wakinekona e ʻike i ka hoʻohanohano ʻia ʻana o Barack Obama ma ke ʻano he pelekikena ʻApelika-ʻAmelika mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Auē, ua pau ka manaʻo maikaʻi loa i ka manawa like a 4 miliona mau ʻAmelika i hele mai me ka mea like.
Aia paha he mau miliona hou aʻe e makemake ana e hele i DC i ka lā 20 o Ianuali, akā ua pale ʻia lākou e ka hui pū ʻana o nā kumu - ka lilo o ka huakaʻi, ka lā waena o ka pule, ka mamao i ke kapikala o ka lāhui, ka manawa o Ianuali ʻawaʻawa. ka wā a me kēlā poʻe lehulehu i manaʻo ʻia e pehu e hoʻopaʻa i nā ʻāpana. Ua noʻonoʻo au i nā ala ea, nā alahao a me nā alaloa, a ʻike koke wau ua paʻa loa nā ala āpau, pipiʻi loa, a i ʻole nā mea ʻelua.
ʻO ia ka lono ʻino. ʻO ka nūhou maikaʻi he nui nā ala e ʻike ai i ka mōʻaukala, a ʻaʻole pono lākou āpau iā ʻoe e kū i kanakolukumamākolu ma Pennsylvania Avenue. Ma muli o kou wahi e noho ai i ʻelua pule mai kēia manawa, hiki i kekahi o kēia mau koho ke kūpono iā ʻoe.
Paena pono kīvila
He mau kakini o nā wahi mōʻaukala a puni ka ʻāina e hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ana—ma ke ʻano maʻamau a me ka ʻike ʻole—ʻo ka hoʻohiki ʻana o Pelekikena-Elect Obama. A ma muli o ke ʻano hoihoi o ka kalena i kēia makahiki, ʻo ka hoʻolauleʻa ʻana o Barack Obama ma ka Pōʻalua ʻo ka lā 20 ma hope o ka hopena pule hoʻomaha ʻekolu lā ʻo Martin Luther King Jr. Ma muli o kēia, nui nā kula kūloko, nā hale hoʻomana, nā hale hōʻikeʻike a me nā mea hana ʻē aʻe e hoʻolālā nei i nā papahana e hoʻonui i nā lā ʻehā.
Pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia ʻelua mau wahi koʻikoʻi koʻikoʻi ma ke ʻano he mau koho ʻē aʻe ma ka lā hoʻolauna. ʻO kekahi ka Selma a hiki i Montgomery National Historic Trail, kahi o ka Voting Rights March i ka makahiki 1965 i lilo i manawa koʻikoʻi i ka mōʻaukala ʻAmelika. Hōʻike ʻia ke ala ma ka Lowndes Interpretive Center ma Hayneville, Ala., He hale hōʻikeʻike i mālama ʻia e ka National Park Service (NPS). Ma ka lā 20 o Ianuali, e hōʻike ana ka Center i kahi papahana nui o nā hanana ma ke ʻano o kāna papahana hoʻonaʻauao mua ma ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pelekikena. E komo nā haumāna a me nā kumu mai nā kalana kokoke i nā hana, e komo pū ana nā kamaʻilio hoʻonaʻauao, kahi hui alakaʻi civic a me ka nānā wikiō o ka hoʻolauleʻa 2009.
ʻO ke kahua koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ka National Civil Rights Museum, aia ma kahi o Lorraine Motel ma Memphis ma mua, kahi i pepehi ʻia ai ʻo Dr. King. Hoʻopaʻa mau ʻia nā hōʻikeʻike Hale Hōʻikeʻike i ka Pōʻalua, akā mai ka hola 10 am a i ka hola 2 pm, e hoʻokipa ka hale hōʻikeʻike i kahi kīwī kīwī nui e hoʻolele ana i nā ʻahaʻaina hoʻomaka ma Wakinekona. Ua hōʻike ʻo Connie Dyson, ka mea hoʻoponopono o nā hanana, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka hanana ma hope o ka hoʻokomo ʻana mai nā poʻe malihini kipa hiki ʻole ke hele i Wakinekona: "ʻO ia ka pane a mākou i lohe ai mai ka poʻe makemake e hele."
Aia kekahi mau pūnaewele NPS ʻē aʻe e huki ana i ka poʻe malihini ma ka lā hoʻolauleʻa, a ʻoiai ʻaʻole loaʻa nā papahana kūikawā a pau, "he mau wahi maikaʻi loa lākou e kipa aku ai e hōʻailona ai i ka hanana mōʻaukala," wahi a ka waha ʻōlelo NPS ʻo Kathy Kupper. No ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kikoʻī e pili ana i nā wahi mōʻaukala ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e kipa i ka National Park Service's " Our Shared History " African American. kahua hoʻoilina. Hāʻawi pū ka NPS i ka ʻike hou aʻe ma kāna "Hoʻohanohano i ka hoʻoilina ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma nā Pāka Lahui o ʻAmelika."
Eia kekahi mau hanana kaulana ʻē aʻe e hana nei a puni ka ʻāina:
• Hale Hōʻikeʻike o nā keiki o Staten Island, Staten Island, NY Ma ka Pōʻaono a me ka Lāpule ma mua o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻana, hiki i nā ʻohana ke kipa i kēia hale no ka mea e hoʻohanohano ana i ka "This Day in History" a hiki i nā keiki ke kākau i ka hanana mōʻaukala ma ke kākau ʻana i kā lākou mau poʻo. Wehe ʻia ka papahana i ka lehulehu ma ka lā 17 a me 18 ma 1 pm, 2 pm, a me 3 pm ʻO nā koho huakaʻi e hoʻokomo mau i ka ferry mai Manhattan haʻahaʻa.
•Ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ʻApelika ʻAmelika History, Boston. ʻO ka Boston African American National Historic Site a me ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Bosetona e hōʻike ana i ka ʻaha mele ʻohana ʻohana ʻohana ʻōpio ʻōpio Symphony Orchestra ma ka lā Martin Luther King, Jan. 19, mai ka hola 3 pm a 6 pm ma Fanueil Hall; noa ke komo.
• ʻO ka Lark Theatre ma Larkspur, Calif. Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i nā hana hoʻolauleʻa ma ka pale nui no $10, ʻo ia hoʻi ka pāʻina kakahiaka a me nā mea inu. Wehe ʻia nā puka ma ka hola 8:30 am akā ua ʻōlelo ʻia nā tiketi kiʻekiʻe ma muli o ka palena o nā noho.
Hoʻomaka ka huakaʻi ʻo Obama
No ka poʻe hiki ʻole ke noho pū me Barack Obama ma Wakinekona i ka lā 20, aia nō ke koho e hoʻihoʻi i kona mau wāwae ma kekahi o nā wahi āna i kapa ai i ka home i kona ola ʻana. Eia kekahi mau manaʻo:
• Hōʻike ʻia ka haʻaheo o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Illinois Bureau of Tourism i ka hoʻouna ʻana i kāna Luna Nui mua i Wakinekona mai Aberahama Linekona. No ka poʻe e hoʻolālā ana i kahi huakaʻi ʻekolu lā, hāʻawi ka pūnaewele i ka "President-Elect Obama Trail," e komo pū ana me kona kaiāulu ʻo Hyde Park a me Grant Park, kahi o kāna haʻiʻōlelo ʻae ʻana i ka pō koho. Ke hāpai nei nā luna mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Chicago i ke keiki punahele o ke kūlanakauhale.
• Hiki i ka poʻe me ka manawa a me ke kālā ke lawe i 11 lā "Presidential Heritage Safari" i Kenya, ka ʻāina home o ka makuakāne o Obama. Hāʻawi ʻia ka huakaʻi e New York City-based 2AFRIKA; hoʻomaka nā pūʻolo ma $2,999, me nā mokulele e haʻalele ana i kēlā me kēia lā mai US
• Eia hou, makemake nui nā luna mākaʻikaʻi mai Indonesia e kūʻai aku i nā pilina o Obama me ka ʻāina kahi āna i noho ai i kona wā ʻōpio. Ua haʻi aku kahi luna kūʻai kūʻai no ke Keʻena o Culture and Tourism i kahi mea nīnauele e hana ana kāna keʻena me nā mea hoʻokele huakaʻi US e hoʻomohala i nā pūʻolo "Obama Heritage".
• ʻO ka hope, eia kekahi manaʻo e hoʻowalewale loa ʻia ke hoʻomau ʻia ka hāʻule ʻana o ka mahana a puni ka ʻāina. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolauleʻa i ka hoʻolauna ʻana o ka pelekikena 44 o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma kahi o kona hānau ʻana: Honolulu. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hoʻopuka ka paena mākaʻikaʻi kūhelu o ka mokuʻāina he 50 i ka ʻaoʻao "Barack Obama's Hawaii", piha me nā hiʻohiʻona mōʻaukala a me nā wahi punahele punahele a ka luna koa hou.
ʻAʻole ka wahi i nā mea a pau
E like me kā mākou makemake a pau i ka huakaʻi, ʻike ʻia kahi hanana mōʻaukala e like me kēia e nā miliona o ʻAmelika-ʻoiaʻiʻo, miliona miliona a puni ka honua-ma nā wahi a lākou e noho ai. E hōʻailona ʻia ka hanana mai Detroit a St. Louis a mai Harlem a New Orleans; mai ka Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site ma Topeka, Kan., a i ka Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site ma Little Rock; mai Harpers Ferry, W.Va., a i Tuskegee, Ala. E kulou ana no hoi o Hollywood imua o ka moolelo: O ka makahiki e hiki mai ana, ua manao mua ia e hoolahaia na moho o ka Academy Award ma ka la 20 o Ianuari, aka, e hoikeia mai ana na moho Oscar ma ka Poaha la 22.
ʻO wau hoʻi, e hui pū ana au me kekahi hoaaloha e nānā i nā ʻaha hoʻohiki ma ka ʻaoʻao nui ma ka hale pule Trinity ma New York City, kahi i hele ai ʻo George Washington i nā lawelawe ma hope koke iho o kona hoʻolaʻa ʻia ʻana ma ke ʻano he pelekikena mua o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua manaʻo wau he ala kūpono ia e hoʻolauleʻa ai i kahi hanana kaulana. Hāʻawi wau i nā kikoʻī hou aku, akā ʻaʻole wau makemake e nalowale koʻu noho.
