Thursday, July 29
Stronger at Home, Respected in the World
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
4:00 pm Call to Order
The Honorable Bill Richardson
Governor of New Mexico
Permanent Chair, Democratic National Convention
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 Local 199, 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 to 9:00 pm
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 to 11:00 pm
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, Illinois
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
That's the part I'm waiting for.
Mavis Staples singing America the Beautiful.
Mavis Staples singing at the DNC. I'm deeply saddened.
Benediction
Father John Ardis
Paulist Center Community of Boston
Adjournment
Thanks for posting the agenda for tonight... especially the last five lines. I'll be ready for those, as will many other true Americans.