Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

By Thomas J. Morgan
Journal staff writer

Lucy Mueller, 67, of Wakefield, is part of a Peace Corps contingent that traveled to Washington to take part in the parade.

"We are lined up now for the parade, ready to start marching, but first we have to march to where the parade begins," Mueller reported at 1:55 p.m.

She said that she was surprised to discover that her fellow Peace Corps marchers "who aren't particularly military-oriented, were able to form straight lines. They're quite a group."

She said that a cold breeze was setting the marchers' flags aflutter. The flags represent the the nations that the volunteers have served in. Mueller is the only Rhode Islander in the contingent, and the only volunteer who has served in Brazil.

Mueller said she got her slot in the parade through a lottery. The marchers have to provide their own housing, however.

As for watching Obama take the oath, "We saw the swearing-in after a fashion," she said. "We were bused into the White House Elipse. They have huge tents -- heated no less. They had some televisions, but they weren't very big. But people were very quiet, so we could all hear even if we couldn't see."

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