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OFFICERS. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR PAT QUINN. [APPLAUSE] SECRETARY OF STATE JESSE WHITE. [APPLAUSE] >> TREASURER, JUDY BARR TAPINKA. [APPLAUSE] >> THERE NEVER...
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, MICHAEL
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MADIGAN. [APPLAUSE] >> SENATE MINORITY LEADER, FRANK WATSON. [APPLAUSE] >> AND HOUSE MINORITY LEADER, TOM CROSS. [APPLAUSE] >> ALSO HONORING US WITH...
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FOUNDATION, GOVERNOR JIM EDGAR. [APPLAUSE] >>
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MANY HAVE HAD A HAND IN
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THE CREATION OF THE ALPLM, NO ONE MORE THAN THE WOMAN WHO FIRST DREAMED OF THIS DAY NEARLY 25 YEARS AGO. THE CHAIR OF THE ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION...
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ALSO ON STAGE, THE REVEREND GORDON MCCLANE. [APPLAUSE] >> THE MAYOR OF LINCOLN'S HOMETOWN, JIM GATLIN. [APPLAUSE] >> THE FOUNDER AND C.E.O. OF
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C-SPAN, MR. BRIAN LAMB. [APPLAUSE] >>
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AND THE WINNER OF C-SPAN'S LINCOLN ESSAY CONTEST, MISS MIHAN LEE. [APPLAUSE] >>
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WOULD YOU NOW PLEASE RISE FOR THE POSTING OF THE
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COLORS. >>
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENT LIBRARY AND MUSEUM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, RICHARD NORMAN SMITH. >> SENATOR BARACK OBAMA,...
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HASTERT, GOVERNOR ROB AND PATTY ROBIVICH. [APPLAUSE] (music). >>
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND MRS. LAURA BUSH. [APPLAUSE] (music) . >>
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WILL YOU PLEASE STAND AND JOIN THE 312TH ARMY BAND IN SINGING OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. (music) (music)
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OH, SAY, DOES THAT STAR-SPANGLED BANNER YET WAVE. (music) ORE THE LAND OF THE FREE. (music) AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE (music) (music) [APPLAUSE] >> PLEASE...
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OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY DEDICATING THIS MUSEUM, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL GREAT GREATNESS THAT JUST AS YOU BROUGHT FORTH A MAN FOR...
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DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL, SO ALSO YOU PROVIDED THE PERSONALITY AND CHARACTER, THE WISDOM THAT HE NEED TO DO FULFILL...
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GOOD MORNING. MR. PRESIDENT, MADAM FIRST LADY, GOVERNOR, DIGNITARIES, AND FRIENDS, 144 YEARS AGO, JUST A FEW STEPS FROM WHERE WE GATHER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN...
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WITH RESIGNATION AND SADNESS. WHEN HE RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN IT WAS TO A CITY HEART-BROKEN IN GRIEF. TODAY, THE SPIRIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN RETURNS...
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HOW PIECES OF HIS LIFE FIT TOGETHER TO MAKE LINCOLN A GREAT PERSON AND A GREAT PRESIDENT. NOW AMONG THE MANY TREASURES DONATED TO THIS LIBRARY IS...
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BACK. MR. PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY, DIGNITARIES ON THE STAGE, LET ME CONGRATULATE ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED TO MAKE THIS WONDERFUL VISION A REALITY....
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MAN. WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES LINCOLN SUCH A MAIN FIGURE IN OUR STORY? HOW IS IT THAT THIS MAN, BORN IN THE BACK WOODS OF KENTUCKY, WITH LITTLE FORMAL...
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TRUE. THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR SO MANY. ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN HIS FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS SAID THAT UNANIMITY IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT AS WE GATHER HERE...
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UNANIMITY IS CERTAINLY POSSIBLE, WHEN IT COMES TO HONORING THE LEGACY OF OUR NATION'S GREATEST PRESIDENT. THIS DAY IS LONG IN COMING, TOO LONG, IN...
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GREATEST PRESIDENT AND THE FAVORITE SON OF OUR STATE DESERVED A MUSEUM AND LIBRARY WHERE THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD COULD COME TO LEARN ABOUT THE STORY...
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THE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM. HE IS AN OUTSTANDING PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR. [APPLAUSE] >> AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL WORD OF THANKS ON OUR GOVERNOR, FOR GETTING...
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YOUR HARD-EARNED TAX DOLLARS ARE WHAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, CITIZENS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THANK YOU, CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS. THANK YOU, CITIZENS...
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PLEASE WELCOME THE COCHAIR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WOULD YOU PLEASE WELCOME THE FOUNDER AND C.E.O. OF C-SPAN, AMERICA'S CABLE NETWORK, MR. BRIAN LAMB....
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SMALL TASK TODAY. AND THAT IS TO INTRODUCE THE WINNER OF THE CONTEST THAT WE CONDUCTED AT C-SPAN IN COOPERATION WITH THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN LIBRARY FOUNDATION....
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WINNERS. THEY ARE ALL HERE IN SPRINGFIELD AND THEY HAVE ENJOYED THE HOSPITALITY OF NICKY STRATTON AND DEE DEE HALL, AND THE LIBRARY FOR THE LAST FIVE...
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GRANDFATHER BELIEVED THAT WORDS, THE MEDIUM BY WHICH WE FORMULATE AND SHARE IDEAS, CAN BIND AND BREAK THE VERY IDEAS THEY EXPRESS IF THE LANGUAGE IS THAT...
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SWING LOW , SEVERITY CHARIOT. COMING FOR TO CARRY ME HOME. (music) SWING LOW, SWEET CHARIOT. (music) COMING FOR TO CARRY ME HOME. (music) I LOOK ON THE...
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THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. PRESIDENT BUSH AND MRS. BUSH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VISITING US HERE IN THE LAND OF LINCOLN. IT'S SO...
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WHO BEGAN THIS PROJECT, AND GOVERNOR
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RYAN, WHO CONTINUED THIS PROJECT. LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] >> TO MIHAN LEE, LET ME SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR S.A.T. SCORE WAS,...
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IN A FEW MINUTES, PRESIDENT BUSH WILL DECLARE THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL MUSEUM OFFICIALLY OPENED. MY ROLE THIS MORNING IS TO DECLARE IT READY...
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MAKING. AT TIMES, IT HAS SEEMED ALMOST 200 YEARS IN THE BUILDING. BUT AFTER TODAY, I THINK EVERYONE WILL AGREE, IT WAS WELL WORTH THE WAIT. SO ON BEHALF...
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WORDS WAS A REAL PERSON. IN FACT, A CENTURY AND A HALF LATER, HE RISKED BECOMING A BLOODLESS ICON, A MARBLE FIGURE, WHO BEARS LITTLE RESEMBLANCE...
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GOOD MORNING. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WHAT A TREMENDOUS DAY. IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE WITH YOU TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE FIRST-CLASS PRESIDENTIAL...
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LINCOLN. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT HAS TAKEN SOME TIME TO COMPLETE. WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH YEARS OF DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING, AND FUNDRAISING,...
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VITAL ROLE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF THIS PROJECT. AND WE WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOUR EFFORTS, AND I THANK YOU. I WANT TO SAY HELLO TO MY CONGRESSIONAL...
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MR. PRESIDENT, MRS. BUSH, WELCOME BACK TO ILLINOIS, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS HISTORIC OPENING. YOU HAVE MADE THIS REMARKABLE DAY FOR OUR...
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OF ALL AGES AND BACKGROUNDS TO COME TO SPRINGFIELD AND LEARN MORE ABOUT PRESIDENT LINCOLN, AND THE VALUES THAT HE EMBODIED. THIS CENTER IS TRULY UNPRECEDENTED....
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UNITED STATES, GEORGE W. BUSH. [APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR THE WARM WELCOME. LAURA AND I ARE SO VERY...
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HERE. MR. SPEAKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INCREDIBLY WARM WORDS. I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP. I APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP....
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SOCIETY. I WANT TO THANK REVEREND McCLAIN FOR HIS PRAYERS. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. ALL OF US HAVE COME HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF OUR GREAT APPRECIATION...
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OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS AN ENTHUSIASTIC AND WARM SPRINGFIELD WELCOME FOR BEING PART OF THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY. [APPLAUSE] (music)(music) (music)(music)...
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