AMERICA 2004 THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
PODIUM SCHEDULE –THURSDAY, JULY 29th

4:00 pm Call to Order
The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico

Invocation
Rabbi Ronne Friedman
Temple Israel, Boston

Presentation of Colors
New England Joint Service Color Guard

Pledge of Allegiance
Ana Cruz
Tampa, Florida

National Anthem
Sergeant Dan Clark
Massachusetts State Police

James Socas
Candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia

The Honorable Jack Ford
Mayor of Toledo, Ohio

Kwong Kow Chinese Drum Ensemble

The Honorable Corrine Brown
U.S. House of Representatives, Florida

The Honorable Fernando Ferrer
Former Bronx Borough President, New York

The Honorable Jean Carnahan
Former United States Senator, Missouri

The Honorable Francis Slay
Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri

The Honorable C. Virginia Fields
Manhattan Borough President, New York

The Honorable Bill Pascrell, Jr.
U.S. House of Representatives, New Jersey

The Honorable Jim Davis
U.S. House of Representatives, Florida

The Honorable Steve Israel
U.S. House of Representatives, New York

The Honorable Stephen Lynch
U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts

The Honorable Jack Reed
United States Senate, Rhode Island

The Honorable John Lewis
U.S. House of Representatives, Georgia

Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer, SEIU and Teri Murphy, registered nurse and member, SEIU Loca1199, Dubuque,
Iowa

The Honorable Byron Dorgan
United States Senate, North Dakota

Richard Trumka
Secretary-Treasurer, AFL-CIO

The Honorable Carl Levin
United States Senate, Michigan

The Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr.
President, Maryland State Senate

The Honorable Ellen Tauscher
U.S. House of Representatives, California

The Honorable Barbara Boxer
United States Senate, California

The Honorable Gary Locke
Governor of Washington

Vice Presidential Nomination Process
        The Honorable Harvey Gantt
        Former Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

        The Honorable John Breaux
        United States Senate, Louisiana

        The Honorable Raul Grijalva
        U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona

Moves for Acclimation and Calls for Vote

The Honorable Michael Michaud
U.S. House of Representatives, Maine

Resolutions

The Honorable Mark Udall
U.S. House of Representatives, Colorado

The Honorable Barney Frank
U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts

The Honorable Kweisi Mfume
President, NAACP
 

7:00 pm Women of the U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Louise Slaughter
U.S. House of Representatives, New York

The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton
U.S. House of Representatives, District of Columbia

The Honorable Mark Warner
Governor of Virginia

The Honorable James Clyburn
U.S. House of Representatives, South Carolina

The Honorable Juanita Millender-McDonald
U.S. House of Representatives, California

The Honorable Edward Markey
U.S. House of Representatives, Massachusetts

John Sweeney
President, AFL-CIO

Gavel to Order
The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention

America the Beautiful
Mavis Staples

The Honorable Joseph Biden
United States Senate, Delaware

General Wesley Clark (Ret.)

Satellite feed from Orlando, Florida

The Honorable Joseph Lieberman
United States Senate, Connecticut

The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
U.S. House of Representatives, California
House Democratic Leader

Satellite feed from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Performance by Willie Nelson

The Honorable Madeleine Albright
Former Secretary of State

Satellite feed from Albuquerque, New Mexico

"Mosaic of Americans"
Alfre Woodward
Actress

Includes satellite feeds from:
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Columbus, Ohio
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Orlando, Florida
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Portland, Oregon
 

9:00 pm Performance by Carole King

Andre Heinz

Vanessa Kerry

Alexandra Kerry

John Kerry Biographical Film

John Kerry's Vietnam Swiftboat Crewmates
Jim Rassmann of Florence, Oregon will speak
The Reverend David Alston, Columbia, South Carolina
Skip Barker, Selma, Alabama
Steve Hatch, Niagra Falls, New York
Jim McDevitt, Wrenthem, Massachusetts
Mike Medeiros, San Leandros, California
Pat Runyon, Eaton, Ohio
Wade Sanders, San Diego, California
Del Sandusky, Dunedin, Florida
Fred Short, North Little Rock, Arkansas
Gene Thorson, Ames, Iowa
Jim Wasser, St. Anne, lllinois
Drew Whitlow, Huntsville, Arkansas
Bill Zaladonis, Sanford, Florida

The Honorable Max Cleland
Former United States Senator, Georgia

John Kerry

Finale

Benediction
Father John Ardis
Paulist Center Community of Boston

Adjournment

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