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Tuesday, July 27
A lifetime of strength and service

4-7 p.m.

Call to order -- Gov. Bill Richardson of New Mexico.

Invocation -- Rev. Ernest "Gunny" Branch, Sermon on the Mount Baptist Church, Roxbury, Mass.

Presentation of Colors

Pledge of Allegiance -- Steve Daniels, Carl Junction, Mo.

National Anthem -- Jim Garrity, president, Local Firefighters Union 1691, Boston.

Platform Approval

Rep. Robert Matsui of California   Text

Lois Murphy, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania.   Text

Allyson Schwartz, Pennsylvania State Senate.

Jim Stork, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Florida.

Patty Wetterling, candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives, Minnesota.

Elizabeth Cavendish, interim president, NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Rep. John Tanner of Tennessee

Rep. Linda Sanchez of California

Rep. Nita Lowey of New York

Rep. Diana DeGette of Colorado

Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon

Sen. Jon Corzine of New Jersey  Text

Nancy Farmer, treasurer of Missouri.

In Memoriam

Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware

Rep. Adam Smith of Washington

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois

Deb Callahan, president, League of Conservation Voters

David Passafaro, president, Boston 2004 Host Committee

Mayor Douglas Palmer of Trenton, N.J.

James Hoffa, president, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Joe Manchin III, secretary of state of West Virginia

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas

Denise Stokes, AIDS educational consultant, Ellenwood, Ga.

Mayor Donald Plusquellic of Akron, Ohio

Gov. John Baldacci of Maine

Lt. Gov. Diane Denish of New Mexico

Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico   Text

Performance by Peter, Paul and Mary

Reg Weaver, president, National Education Association

Rep. John Dingell of Michigan   Text

Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit

7-9 p.m.

"Gavel In" winners Kristen Turner, 13, of Boston, and Steven Ruperto, 18, of Moon, Pa.

Kids for Kerry -- Nubia Smith Whitaker, 12, Boston chapter.

Benjamin McKenzie, actor, "The O.C."

City Youth Dance Ensemble

Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer -- Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Actors

Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi

Maya Angelou, poet and activist

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Members

Freedom Singers: "This Little Light of Mine"

Rep. Mike Honda of California

Rev. James Forbes, Riverside Church, New York, N.Y.

Gavel to order -- Jeanne Shaheen, former governor of New Hampshire

National Anthem -- via satellite from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Ariz.; Michael Enis and Alicia Chiles; the anthem will be sung in the traditional Tohono O'odham language

Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts  Text  NECN Video

Satellite feed from Chicago

Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri  Text

Sen. Tom Daschle of South Dakota   Text

Satellite feed from Des Moines, Iowa

Carol Moseley Braun, former senator from Illinois  Text

9-11 p.m.

Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont  Text  NECN Video

Satellite from the Tohono O'odham Nation, Ariz.

Christie Vilsack, first lady of Iowa

Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona

Sen. Richard Durbin of Illinois

Barack Obama, candidate for the Senate from Illinois  Text  NECN Video

Satellite feed from Chicago

Rep. Jim Langevin of Rhode Island

Ron Reagan  Text   NECN Video

Kids for Kerry Founder Ilana Wexler, 12, of Oakland, Calif.

Performance by Children's Voices of Greater Boston

Chris Heinz

Teresa Heinz Kerry  Text   NECN Video

Finale

Benediction -- Imam Yahya Hendi, Muslim chaplin, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

Adjournment

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