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Katrina's Lesson for Obama
Yesterday marked the 4-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina - perhaps the most disastrous weather event ever to hit a US city. Saturday the world also began the 100-day countdown to the United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen scheduled...
Tags: global warming, Copenhagen, Obama, Hurricane Katrina, Lincoln Memorial, Gulf of Mexico, survivors
Marian Anderson's legacy lives
Anderson :: IN :: USA | 7 months ago
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Easter; Marian Anderson tribute concert in Washington, D.C. Wednesday: Federal-income-tax filing deadline at midnight; Liberace museum's 30th anniversary celebration in Las Vegas. Thursday: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks at Vanderburgh County Right to...
Tags: Lincoln Memorial, Marian Anderson
Stamps & Coins: Lincoln's memory is as shiny as the new pennies
Lincoln :: NE :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility I had received an invitation from a friend to attend the Lincoln Society dinner there celebrating the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The added attraction was the evening's speaker: President Barack Obama...The last time our penny received...
Memorial captures dignity, power of Lincoln
Lincoln :: NE :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility There’s probably no better way to feel the full impact of our 16th president’s 200th birthday than to visit the Lincoln Memorial in our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. And for those who come from Illinois — where Lincoln spent much of his adult life...
Tags: Lincoln Memorial, Abraham Lincoln
Obama invokes the spirit of Lincoln
Lincoln :: NE :: USA | 9 months ago
Credibility The president takes part in several events to honor the 200th birthday of the 16th president...February 13, 2009 But the president is invoking Lincoln at every turn, using imagery that aims to link the two men in the public's mind. The practice began...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Lincoln Memorial, Indiana Lincoln Bicentennial School, Springfield Ill, Barack Obama, 200th birthday, 200th anniversary, Obama Honors, 16th president, Statehouse Rotunda
Inauguration concert: Beyonce, big crowds and bitter cold
Washington :: WA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Brittany Levine of Newport Beach, a senior at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Although there were a bunch of famous people on stage at the Sunday concert at the Lincoln Memorial to kick off Obama’s inauguration (think Beyonce, Sheryl...
Tags: we are one, celebration, Obama Inaugural Celebration, George Washington University, Lincoln Memorial
Obama Attends Star-studded Inaugural Concert
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility Four days of celebrations and festivities surrounding the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama have begun in Washington with an open-air concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Tens-of-thousands of people braved freezing temperatures to attend a star-studded...
Tags: celebration, we are one, Barack Obama, music, Michelle Obama, Mr Obama, Denzel Washington, Washington Monument, Washington DC, Lincoln Memorial
President-elect Obama continues inaugural tour
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility President-elect Barack Obama continued his inaugural train ride on Saturday after making a whistle-stop in Wilmington, Delaware, where he picked up Vice President-elect Joe Biden. Both men, together with their families, led a brief ceremony and addressed...
Tags: obama, Barack Obama, Washington, Lincoln Memorial, elect barack, stop tour, Joe Biden, Abraham Lincoln, obama arrived
Bruce Springsteen's new disc gets NPR Web debut
Washington :: DC :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility If you can't wait until the end of the month to hear Bruce Springsteen's new CD, just tune into NPR's music Web site just before midnight Monday. NPR.org/music will exclusively broadcast "Working on a Dream" in its entirety on Martin Luther King Jr...That's...
Tags: inauguration, inaugural, presidential, obama, barack, history, Lincoln Memorial, inaugural events, Barack Obama, tv rights
Stars converge for inaugural celebrations
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 10 months ago
Credibility John McCain tried to make Barack Obama's celebrity status a campaign issue last summer, but there's no debate about the president-elect's ability to draw famous and talented Americans to his inauguration. Dozens of major celebrities will perform on several...
Tags: celebration, Barack Obama, we are one, Obama Inauguration Music Guide, Washington D.C, Bruce Springsteen, Lincoln Memorial, inaugural celebrities, obama inaugural, Bono
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