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I’m a Denver, Colorado native and have lived here my whole life. When I heard that the 2008 Democratic National Convention was going to be held in Denver I was stoked! The 2008 presidential election is going to be one of the most important elections of our lifetimes, and having the DNC in my home town was something that I had to participate in. With over 50,000 people from around the nation, media coverage from the around the world, tons of celebrities, all coming to Denver, how could anyone living in Colorado not become involved?

I knew that the convention was held in Denver from August 25th to August 29th, so the Sunday before the convention began, I purchased a small camcorder to capture my experiences during the week of the DNC. I had a lot of fun shooting video during that week, and I managed to film some pretty cool events that happened during that time. I attended the free and awesome Rage Against the Machine concert to support the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), as well as the following protest to end the war. I interviewed several people downtown as well to get their opinions of the DNC, and I will posting all the cool videos I shot during that week soon.

In the mean time, here is a YouTube teaser video showing a series of video stills form the video I shot that week, and below the video you can see all the photos individually with my commentary as well. I hope you enjoy the video and photos, and keep coming back because there is more coming soon! Thanks!

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The 2008 Democratic National Convention was from August 25th, to August 29th, 2008.

The Daily Show was at the DNC, and these two guys were part of the show.

Posters supporting numerous causes, events, and groups could be found throughout Denver.

All over Denver you could see patriotic support for the DNC.

Police from all over Colorado were in Denver to make sure things went ok during the DNC.

There were many protests during the week, and most of them went peacefully.

This is self-explanatory…haha

Protesters and media coverage during the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) protest

All over the 16th street mall downtown you could see people supporting their causes.

More protesters supporting IVAW.

Bullhorns always help you get your point across!

“This was an awesome poster!”

MSNBC covered the events of the DNC live almost nonstop.

Local strip bar Shotgun Willie’s parading their car through town!

This is from the “Pictures of you” Images From Iran art piece.

Left to Right: James Laurie (Flobots), Zach De La Rocha (RATM), Tom Morello (RATM), Wayne Kramer (MC5), and Boots Riley (The Coup)

This is my brother participating in the IVAW protest. Go Jared!

The Rage Against the Machine concert to support IVAW was EPIC!