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10/12/08
BALTIMORE — Dozens of schoolchildren and city officials joined Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., in welcoming the Freedom Schooner Amistad to the Inner Harbor on Friday as part of a weekend tour. Find Us On Facebook
"This is really about you," Cummings said, to the audience of mostly children and youths.
The veteran congressman encouraged the students to take today's events and have them "embedded in their DNA, in every cell of their brains." As a young boy, Cummings and his brother visited the harbor, which was 10 blocks away from their home. He "never dreamed" he would one day grow up to become a congressman,...
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