ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: Our staff canvassed the National Mall today, and we found people in the crowd of varying political backgrounds. They were all cold, but jubilant.</s>LEROY WRIGHT: My name is Leroy Wright. I'm from South Carolina. And it's a great day because I believe in this country. If we all come together, we can become as one people, as God wants us to be.</s>DARRYL WALTER: My name is Darryl Walter from St. Louis, Missouri. My great grandfather died at a hundred, and I have a living grandmother who's 93, who voted - and they never thought that they would see it. And for them, I came today.</s>BRITNEY WESSON: I'm Britney Wesson from Colorado, but I go to school here in D.C. The speech was wonderful. I mean, I was a Hillary person. Hopefully, it will be my time next time, but for now, I think it was really awesome.</s>DAVID PALL: My name is David Pall. I live here in Washington, D.C. I'm a Republican, and I have to say that speech was beautiful. It's awesome to be among this many people.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, Host: Voices from the inauguration here in Washington today. And you're listening to All Things Considered from NPR News.
One man from South Carolina calls President Barack Obama's inauguration a "great day." Another from St. Louis says he came to Washington for his grandmother and great-grandfather who never thought they would see an African-American become president. A former Hillary Clinton supporter calls Obama's speech "wonderful" and a Republican says it was "beautiful."