American Blue 2008
DNC
The 2008 Democratic National Convention was held in Denver, Colorado, August 25- 28, 2008. U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, the nominee for President, gave his acceptance speech on August 28 at INVESCO Field before a record-setting crowd of 84,000 people; 38 million watching on television. Obama officially received the nomination for President on August 27, when his former opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton interrupted the official roll call to move that Obama be selected by acclamation. U.S. Senator Joe Biden of Delaware accepted the nomination for Vice President on the same night.
