AMERICA 2004 THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
PODIUM SCHEDULE – Wednesday, July 28th

4:00 pm Call to Order
The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention

Invocation
The Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook
Bronx Christian Fellowship, New York, New York

Presentation of Colors
Fire Department Honor Guard of Hyannis, Massachusetts

Pledge of Allegiance
Sarah Bender, age 17
Youngest Convention Delegate
Medina, Ohio

National Anthem
Sabreen Staples
Chesapeake, Virginia
Student at Berklee College of Music, Boston

The Honorable Stuart Paisano
Governor of Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico

The Honorable Mary Landrieu
United States Senate, Louisiana

The Honorable Harold Ford, Jr.
U. S. House of Representatives, Tennessee

The Honorable Dianne Wilkerson
Massachusetts State Senate

The Honorable Maria Cantwell
United States Senate, Washington

The Honorable Tom Allen
U.S. House of Representatives, Maine

The Honorable Steve Westly
State Controller, California

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 4-H Fife & Drum Corps

The Honorable Carolyn McCarthy
U.S. House of Representatives, New York

The Honorable Joseph Hoeffel
U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania
Candidate for the United States Senate, Pennsylvania

The Honorable Chaka Fattah
U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania

The Honorable Frank Lautenberg
United States Senate, New Jersey

The Honorable Donna Christian-Christiansen
U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Virgin Islands

The Honorable Ike Skelton
U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri

The Honorable Charles Rangel
U.S. House of Representatives, New York

The Honorable Charles Schumer
United States Senate, New York

The Honorable Ed Pastor
U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona

The Honorable Patrick Leahy
United States Senator, Vermont

Amy Klobachar
Hennepin County Attorney, Minnesota

Raul Yzaguirre
President and CEO, National Council of La Raza

The Honorable John Glenn
Former United States Senator, Ohio

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
President, Waterkeeper Alliance
Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Riverkeeper

The Honorable James Hahn
Mayor of Los Angeles, California

The Honorable Ciro Rodriguez
U.S. House of Representatives, Texas

The Honorable Tom Reilly
Attorney General, Massachusetts

The Honorable Angelo Kyle
President, National Association of Counties
Board of Commissioners, Lake County, Illinois

The Honorable Michael Flaherty
President of the Boston City Council, Massachusetts

The Honorable David Paterson
New York State Senate

Cheryl Jacques
President, Human Rights Campaign

Harold Schaitberger
President, International Association of Firefighters

Presidential Nomination Process

The Honorable Dianne Feinstein
United States Senate, California

The Honorable Michael Coleman
Mayor of Columbus, Ohio

Eimy Santiago
Graduate of YWCA YouthBuild Springfield
Springfield, Massachusetts
 

7:00 pm  Ashley Bell
President, College Democrats of America
Gainesville, Georgia

Performance by Wyclef Jean

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr.

The Honorable Martin O'Malley
Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland

The Honorable Veronica Garcia
Secretary of Education, New Mexico

The Honorable Gregory Meeks
U.S. House of Representatives, New York

The Honorable Harry Reid
United States Senate, Nevada

The Honorable Dennis Kucinich
U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio

Gavel to Order
The Honorable Wellington Webb
Former Mayor of Denver, Colorado

National Anthem
Brian McKnight

The Honorable Elijah Cummings
U.S. House of Representatives, Maryland

Satellite feed from Denver, Colorado

Lt. Colonel Steve Brozak (ret.)
Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives, New Jersey

The Reverend Al Sharpton

The Honorable Bob Graham
United States Senate, Florida

The Honorable Ed Rendell
Governor of Pennsylvania

Satellite feed from Manchester, New Hampshire

Performance by John Mellencamp

The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
 

9:00 pm  Satellite feed from Detroit, Michigan

Premier Featured Speaker
The Honorable Jennifer Granholm
Governor of Michigan

Past Presidential Nominees

Lt. General Claudia Kennedy (ret.)

General John Shalikashvili (ret.)
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Catharine (Cate) Edwards
Daughter of Senator John Edwards

Elizabeth Edwards

Satellite feed from Robbins, North Carolina

John Edwards

Finale
Black Eyed Peas

Presidential Nomination Roll Call of the States

Benediction
His Excellency Archbishop Demetrios
Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church in America
New York, New York

Adjournment

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