"But on Inauguration Day, January 20, 1993, there was another surprise. Our special viewing site was chairless, so our options were to stand in the icy wind or to watch the parade on television in the Overseas Press Club. That evening, we joined hundreds of other formally dressed guests from New York State at a gala in a Capitol Hill armory."
"We ate, drank, danced, and inched along the line to shake hands with the new President and First Lady. Over the din, I shouted, "Congratulations President Clinton! Mort Gerberg here! Have you hung up my cartoon yet?" Because of the noise, and the prodding from the Secret Service, I couldn't hear an answer. But a few months later, I received another note from Clinton, inviting me to write to him again . . . sort of."
On Inauguration Day, January 20, 1993, a special viewing site lacked chairs, leaving guests to choose between standing in cold wind or watching the parade on television at the Overseas Press Club. That evening, hundreds of formally dressed New York State guests gathered at a Capitol Hill armory for a gala. Guests ate, drank, danced, and slowly moved along a receiving line to shake hands with the new President and First Lady. Amid crowd noise and Secret Service prompting, a guest loudly sought President Clinton’s attention with a remark about hanging up a cartoon. Months later, a handwritten note from Clinton invited renewed correspondence.
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