"Obama to talk shortly on Bin Laden's death. I kinda hope he drinks BL's blood on live tv. Speculators leave commodity markets tomorrow???"
At first I dismissed it, but then I was thinking did I miss something. I checked more tweets and sure enough that's what everyone was talking about. I called out to my wife to wake up and come downstairs and witness history. We tuned into CNN to watch Obama give his speech. They cut away to a small crowd cheering at the Whitehouse. I told my wife that I kind of want to join them and we laughed. The itch though started getting stronger and stronger as they kept cutting away to the growing crowd. As Obama started speaking I looked at my wife and she knew, she said go and be safe. I was dressed and out the door in about a minute. I hopped on the 66 and was in DC in about 10 minutes. There was very little traffic other than a few empty taxis. I parked in front of the Washington Monument and joined a small crowd heading to the Whitehouse.
The crowd continued to grow as I got closer to the Whitehouse. Everyone was getting excited as people were half running half walking. Cars were driving by honking their horns including taxis. When I got there the crowd was pretty full, but I was able to move to the middle and get within 20 to 30 feet of the Whitehouse fence. 
People were chanting USA! USA! USA! and singing patriotic songs like God Bless America and the National Anthem. Some people sang the song from Team America World Police (America, F--- Yeah). The Nah Nah Nah hey hey good bye song was sung also. I have some video I took with my cell phone that captured some of the singing.
Here are a few other photos that I took while at the Whitehouse:
I think my favorite part is that for the most part I didn't see anyone being too political. Almost everyone there was unified as Americans rather than promoting one party or another.
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