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To begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny r. Tuck, mayor of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine, u. S. Representative bobby scott and representative elaine lorry of virginia. Representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri. Speaker of the house of delegates, kirklin cox, first counselor for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor jared, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric greitens, former representatives james moran and l. F. Payne, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly, including Senate Majority leade
From fort monroe in hampton roads, virginia, this is about two and a half hours. [ applause ] to begin our program, please welcome the honorable donny artuck, may your of the city of hampton. Please take your seats. Good morning, and welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first african landing commemorative ceremony. Its my honor to welcome Governor Ralph Northam and first lady pamela northam, Lieutenant Governor justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, senator mark warner and senator tim kaine. U. S. Representative bobby scott, and representative elaine luria of virginia, representative karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri, speaker of the house of delegates, First Council lawrence monzai for the embassy of rwanda, former Virginia Governor robert mcdonald, former missouri governor eric grietens, chief judge Roger Gregory of the First Circuit court of appeals, members of the governors cabinet, members of virginia General Assembly including Senate M
Welcome the mayor of the city of hampton. Please take your seat. Welcome to the 400th anniversary of the first landing ceremony. It is my honor to welcome governor ralph northern and pamela them. Justin fairfax, attorney general mark herring, mark warner and senator tim kane. U. S. Representative bobby scott of virginia and karen bass of california and representative william clay of missouri. The speaker of the house, cox, first counselor tested former virginia governor, cheryl delisles. Also robert mcdonnell. Former representatives and test it. First Circuit Court of appeals. Members of the cabinet. Also the General Assembly including thomas norman, kenny alexander, john wrote and joseph green junior and the members of the 400 years of africanAmerican History. National park service officials, including daniel smith, and david cella. The vice mayor jimmy gray and members of the city council. Also other special guests. On behalf of the members of city council, our city staff and residen