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West Virginia Hotels Filling Up for Obama Inauguration
posted 9:59 am Thu November 20, 2008
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Harper's Ferry, W.Va. - The huge crowds expected for President-elect Barack Obama (web|news|bio) 's inauguration are spilling over into West Virginia, where hotels throughout the Eastern Panhandle are booked solid.
Hotels as far away as Morgan County, a two-hour drive from Washington, D.C., report being full that weekend.
Even campgrounds, like the Harpers Ferry KOA Campground, are seeing Obama supporters from Texas and California booking cabins.
Tom Belfield, general manager of the Holiday Inn in Martinsburg, says all 120 rooms are booked, and he can't even offer suggestions to people asking where they might find a vacancy.
To accommodate the crowds, the Maryland Rail Commuter Service, which runs two trains daily from Martinsburg to the nation's capital, may add additional runs on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
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Information from: The State Journal.
Hotels as far away as Morgan County, a two-hour drive from Washington, D.C., report being full that weekend.
Even campgrounds, like the Harpers Ferry KOA Campground, are seeing Obama supporters from Texas and California booking cabins.
Tom Belfield, general manager of the Holiday Inn in Martinsburg, says all 120 rooms are booked, and he can't even offer suggestions to people asking where they might find a vacancy.
To accommodate the crowds, the Maryland Rail Commuter Service, which runs two trains daily from Martinsburg to the nation's capital, may add additional runs on Inauguration Day on Jan. 20.
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Information from: The State Journal.
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