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VPR Evening News January 20th, 2009
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Inauguration Day scenes from the Statehouse; Inaugural party at Nectar’s; New Hampshire celebrates the inauguration; and commentator Madeline Kunin on the challenges facing Barack Obama.VPR News
Interview: Vermonters at the inauguration
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January 20th, 2009 is a date you may have seen plastered on bumper stickers over the past few years. But those messages were expressed by critics of President Bush who eagerly awaited the day he would leave office. For some Vermonters the inauguration was important enough to be there in person to see it happen. Today we’re speaking with two of them.VPR News
Vermonters talking about inauguration
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Many Vermonters will be glued to their radios and television sets at noon when Barack Obama is sworn in as president of the United States. VPR News has been talking to people about the inauguration.VPR News
Stowe woman to attend second inauguration
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Tens of thousands descended on Washington over the weekend for the inauguration of Barack Obama as president. Molly Davies of Stowe is among them. This will be the second time she’s witnessed a new president sworn in.Vermont Edition
From King to Obama
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As our nation celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, we look at how his legacy connects to the inauguration of our nation’s first black president, Barack Obama. And we hear from members of the Brattleboro Union High School band who plan to march during the inaugural parade.VPR News
Midday Newscast: January 19, 2009
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Among the hundreds of thousands who have descended on Washington for Barack Obama’s inauguration are many Vermonters; a group of rail supporters will rally in Rutland later today to urge the state to save the Ethan Allen Express train service; more…VPR News
Interview: Narric Rome on the Vermont State Society’s inaugural reception
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Narric Rome is the President of the Vermont State Society and explains why he and some fellow UVM alumni decided it was time to bring more of the Green Mountain State to Washington, D.C.VPR News
Hundreds of Vermonters to attend inaugural
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Hundreds of Vermonters will be attending next week’s inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama courtesy of the state’s congressional delegation.VPR News