11.19.2004
Thousands Attend Dedication of Clinton's Presidential Library (NYTimes.com)
By MARIA NEWMAN
Published: November 18, 2004
Almost 30,000 people turned out and stood in the rain today for the dedication of Bill Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock, Ark.
They came to steep themselves in the legacy of Mr. Clinton's eight years in office, including the scandal that tainted his last few years. Before Mr. Clinton, the 42d president, formally opened the facility, the rain-soaked audience was treated to performances by gospel choirs, marching bands, rock stars and an Air Force flyover to entertain the crowds waiting to go inside. The $165 million William J. Clinton Presidential Center, the most expensive of the presidential libraries, is housed in a boxy steel and glass structure perched over the Arkansas River that some critics have described as a "double-wide'' on stilts.
It features two million photographs and 80 million pages of documents, as well as a life-sized replica of the Oval Office and several of the saxophones given to the jazz-playing former president.
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Published: November 18, 2004
Almost 30,000 people turned out and stood in the rain today for the dedication of Bill Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock, Ark.
They came to steep themselves in the legacy of Mr. Clinton's eight years in office, including the scandal that tainted his last few years. Before Mr. Clinton, the 42d president, formally opened the facility, the rain-soaked audience was treated to performances by gospel choirs, marching bands, rock stars and an Air Force flyover to entertain the crowds waiting to go inside. The $165 million William J. Clinton Presidential Center, the most expensive of the presidential libraries, is housed in a boxy steel and glass structure perched over the Arkansas River that some critics have described as a "double-wide'' on stilts.
It features two million photographs and 80 million pages of documents, as well as a life-sized replica of the Oval Office and several of the saxophones given to the jazz-playing former president.
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