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African Meeting House Bicentennial Celebration
December 6, 2006
Deval Patrick governor, D-MA
Peter Gomes reverend, Harvard Memorial Church
Thomas M. Menino mayor, city of Boston
Michael Haynes senior pastor, Twelfth Baptist Church
Richard Moe president, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Vivien Cooley-Collier Black Nativity
Myran Parker Brass chair, experiential education department, Longy School of Music.

Massachusetts governor elect Deval Patrick, Boston City mayor Thomas M. Menino and others join the Museum of African American History in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the African Meeting House.

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