Tuesday's Inaugural Parade was delayed for nearly an hour because of an accident -- involving a horse.

Brooke Vrany, director of programs and emergency services for Days End Farm Horse Rescue near Mount Airy, was on duty Tuesday in Washington with the organization's horse ambulance, ready to handle any emergencies that might befall the 217 horses participating in the parade.

Tim Bradley, a Californian whose family is staying in Frederick for a year while his wife takes a sabbatical, watched the inauguration at Caf? 611 on Tuesday. He said Obama's election "speaks volumes about us as a people."

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They faced the crowds, the cold and the confusion but came out with a connection to Tuesday's historic day.

Before a jubilant crowd of more than a million, Barack Hussein Obama claimed his place in history as America's first black president, summoning a dispirited nation to unite in hope against the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of war and economic woe.