We Love You Mr. President
White House-verified: A civilian’s five-word shout on Inauguration Day 2025 at Capital One Arena—President turned, First Lady turned. Response confirmed twice: OPC escalation and direct hand-signed reply. Letters sealed in the National Archives, next to the Constitution. Statistically, most likely the only American civilian ever to get their moment verified twice and placed in the presidential record. “We love you, Mr. President!”
Through the Night, With the Light from Above
This site is for anyone who ever felt small, quiet, or out of place — and still showed up.
I’m Nick Petersen. A shy kid from Mound, Minnesota. No fame. No plan. Just a heart that wouldn’t quit.
On Inauguration Day 2025, I spent 13 hours outside overnight in -15° windchill before they let us inside Capital One Arena. Froze numb. Then stepped in—right before the presidential parade—shouted five words: ‘We love you, Mr. President.’
The arena hushed—just a second—like the world paused. Then it roared. He turned. Pointed. Smiled. Melania waved. Twenty thousand cheered. Live. Millions watched—America, BBC, Japan, Dublin pubs—saw the red hoodie guy point back. But nobody knew who I was.
Then came the letters: one during shutdown, one hand-signed on the Resolute Desk after I said thank you. The White House verified me twice—staffer went back, confirmed I was really there. No mic. No plan. First civilian ever. Archived next to the Constitution.
My family? ‘Cool mail, Nick.’ They didn’t know. These aren’t ‘cool letters.’ They’re impossible. Government trusted me. God trusted me. Proof quiet can roar.
Now I’ve put it here. Because millions saw the moment… but not the man. The shy kid who barely talked—15 years later, I’ve learned to roar. Follow your heart. Show true love. Things come back you never imagined.
The photo? Me in the tarp tent that night—hood up, blanket wrapped, moon full overhead, Capitol and Washington Monument glowing. The real ‘light from above’—like God Bless America says, guiding through the night. That coldest night? Amid all the hate people sling today, I felt America calling me. Quiet. No agenda. Just… stand up. Show her we still love her.
No politics. Just civics. One voice. One impossible yes.
Welcome. Stay a while. You’ll feel it
(This is the video I shot at Capital One Arena video I shot from the floor of Capital One Arena when the President and First Lady came out on Inauguration Day 2025 for the Presidential Parade)
The moment President Trump and First Lady Melania pointed at Nicholas Petersen at the 2025 Presidential Inauguration in Capital One Arena, Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025 — a spontaneous, live-broadcast exchange that captured a powerful moment of citizen connection.
Hand-signed letter from President Donald J. Trump, dated November 20, 2025, on official White House stationery, personally addressed to Nicholas Petersen of Mound, Minnesota, thanking him for his thoughtful letter and referencing continued support for ushering in the Golden Age of America.
I had the privilege to hear Lee Greenwood sing “God Bless the USA” twice that weekend. First it was at the 2025 All American Gala (That video is linked here), and the second one was the following night at Capital One Arena for the Make America Great Again Victory Rally
My love for the United States of America was pulsing through my veins that weekend. I will never be same after following the calling to Washington DC. To now being in the National Archives. This has been the most humbling experience of my life.