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Mike Castle: Talk about the business of running the country, the state, the counties and the towns of the state of Delaware. And that's a great thing but

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something even greater is going to happen starting on December 7th of this year. Because Delaware, December 7th a year from now is going to celebrate

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the fact that we are, as a country two hundred years old and that we as Delaware were the very first state in the entire

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United States of America, and we're going to start [Applause, cheering] We're going to start on December 7th of this year, at all the fire halls across the state of Delaware with

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various celebrations and I hope that all of you watch your papers, and watch your schedules, and get involved in what we call

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the bicentennial as we celebrate this very important birthday of the best form of government man has discovered the democracy that we call America.

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We think it's an opportunity for Delaware to show that not only was it the first state, but for five days we were the only state in the

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United States of America and we're very proud of that too. So let's all join in that too because that is another great feeling of brotherhood and another first for Delaware.

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Thank you all so much for being here today and participating. [Applause, cheering]