<p>The crowd at Pioneer Park for Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation and Gov. Sean Parnell's inauguration was estimated at between 3,500 and 5,000 people.
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That makes it the second-largest crowd to gather in Fairbanks for a single outdoor event. The largest crowd was for the meeting of President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II in 1984.
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