* Greetings from Bob Dotson, NBC News National Correspondent
* Presentation of Colors by the Continental Color Guard
* "National Anthem" led by Duane Moody
* Performance by the 3rd U.S. Infantry "The Old Guard" Fife and Drum Corps
* Remarks by Adrienne Thomas, Acting Archivist of the United States
* Keynote Remarks by Timothy Naftali, Director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
* Dramatic reading of the Declaration of Independence by --
** Luke Trinity
** Louisa Stanwich
** Sharmen Hettipola
** Historical Re-enactors: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and Ned Hector
* "America the Beautiful" led by Duane Moody
- 2009_DC_4th_Archives_090704: DC -- 4th of July @ National Archives -- Ceremony (2009) (102 photos from 2009)
- 2009_DC_4th_Fireworks_090704: Fireworks -- 4th of July Fireworks (2009) from the Lincoln Memorial (51 photos from 2009)
- 2009_DC_Lincoln_4th: Fireworks -- Waiting @ Lincoln Memorial for 4th of July Fireworks (2009) (34 photos from 2009)
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