This has happened at the White House before.

[Renew Deal]

After the Civil War:

The Confederacy Surrenders
"As Lincoln arrived back in Washington from his trip to Virginia on April 9, 1865, he was handed a telegram from General Ulysses S. Grant informing him that Robert E. Lee had surrendered that morning at Appamattox Courthouse.

The next morning, April 10, the city erupted. Cannons thundered in celebration, and thousands of people marched to the White House behind a brass band. They cheered Lincoln, and his young son Tad waved jubilantly from an upstairs window.

On the night of April 11 a large crowd gathered on the White House lawn, and Lincoln addressed them from a window of the mansion."

http://history1800s.about.com/od/abrahamlincoln/tp/Assassination-of-Lincoln.htm

[leftstreet]

1. I missed something....Osama has surrendered and the War on Terror is over?

[Renew Deal]

3. Turn on your TV

:tv:

[ReturnoftheDjedi]

4. Zed's dead, dude.

[bobbolink]

11. I missed it, too. Damned news *always* gets it wrong!

[DJ13]

2. Yes, and Im glad McCain wasnt in office then as well !

[Renew Deal]

5. McCain would have been asleep hours ago.

:D

[renegade000]

6. Did any one notice the bust of Lincoln in camera view

during the White house stream? I'm guessing that wasn't unintentional, given that the camera was at a weird angle to begin with.

[Renew Deal]

7. Is it in this video?

On the left?

[Renew Deal]

8. I find it odd that people are upset with the celebrating

One reason is that it has happened before in our history.

[Gormy Cuss]

9. How is that relevant?

The end of the civil war was in a different league in terms of the day-to-day impact on Americans and it threatened to split the country in two.

[Renew Deal]

12. Americans have a history of celebrating national security news at the White House.

Some things haven't changed in 150 years.

[deaniac21]

10. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?