One last blowout for Dems

0 Comments | USA TODAY, August, 2008 | by Martha T. Moore, Julie Wolf, Rick Hampson, Alan Gomez

It was a day of song, jubilation, energy and of respectful remembrance

I was there.

That was the message on a popular button Thursday night at Invesco Field at Mile High, where more than 70,000 people braved sun and security lines for the chance to witness a landmark moment in American life and politics.

From nearby towns and faraway states, they converged at a football stadium prepared to see Barack Obama accept the Democratic presidential nomination on a day that could not be more fitting -- the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream speech.

Here are their stories.

A beginning

Some prominent Obama supporters, such as Caroline Kennedy, say their children persuaded them to support him. Ron Harleman...