Grand Detour woman, daughter head to D.C.

By Sarah Owen - photo by Alex Paschal, Sauk Valley Newspapers

DIXON - Linda Wegner is wearing her hiking boots to Washington, D.C.  The Obama supporter has been to the capital before - she's hit the campaign trail and attended inaugurations - but she's expecting this time to be different.

Crowd estimates for President-elect Barack Obama's Tuesday inauguration vary, with most around the 2-million mark. That's more people than attended George W. Bush's or his predecessor's swearing in. In fact, D.C. is gearing up for what is expected to be the largest-ever inauguration crowd, topping Lyndon Johnson's 1965 record of 1.5 million.

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