 Acclaimed poet and author Nikki Giovanni recited her new work, "At this Moment", written especially for the Bicentennial.And ALBC Co-Chairs Senator Dick Durbin and Harold Holzer addressed the crowd.Other attendees and speakers included Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar; MOLLUS 57th Commander-in-Chief Karl Schaeffer and Gordon R. Bury, 54th MOLLUS Commander-in-Chief; and retired Rhode Island Supreme Court Chief Justice – and ALBC Commissioner – Frank J. Williams who read the Gettysburg Address with school children from Strong John Thomson Elementary School in Washington, DC.