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The following is the full text of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's Dec. 20 inaugural address, at the Carnegie Music Hall.
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Text of Mayor Luke Ravenstahl's Inaugural Address
I stand before you this evening as our great City approaches its 250th birthday. Just reflect for a precious moment on the enormity of that great hallmark. In 1753, a 21-year-old George Washington first laid eyes on the land that would become Pittsburgh and recognized that this site, at the fork of the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers, was an ideal place to build a fort, to make a stand.
Five years later, Fort Pitt was built. And today, over two and half centuries later, young Washington's words and observations are just as true- we are the ideal place for a great America...See the full content of this document
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