Glen Ellyn Resident Shares Inauguration Experience
Lora Bak supported the President and was in attendance at the inauguration earlier this week.
The decision was made in October. If President Barack Obama was re-elected to office, Glen Ellyn resident Lora Bak was determined to attend the inauguration. Her sister and niece attended his first inauguration. And, Bak was in Grant Park on election night in 2008. She didn’t want to let the opportunity to be a part of history pass by the second time around. Bak was an Obama supporter and during the election campaign she volunteered time with the campaign working the phone banks at the DuPage County election headquarters in Lombard. “I wanted to be sure I had the opportunity to attend this [inauguration] as you don't get many chances like this in life,” she said. While in Washington D.C. for the inauguration, Bak along with her sister, …
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Thom Griffin
9:46 am on Saturday, January 26, 2013
Awesome! Wish I was there! more ›