One World Day 2016 Ceremony
Cleveland Cultural Gardens August 28, 2016
The main ceremony of the 71st annual One World Day in the Cleveland Cultural Gardens was very inspiring.
Sheila Murphy Crawford, president of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation, welcomed the crowd to the 71st annual One World Day in the Centennial Year of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.
Sheila Murphy Crawford
She introduced the Cleveland Police Color Guard who presented the colors.
Cleveland Police Color Guard
Then 11 year old Polina Kornyushenko sang the US National Anthem.
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Polina Kornyushenko leads the National Anthem
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson spoke and then presented a proclamation to the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation.
Mayor Frank Jackson
Mayor Jackson and Sheila Crawford
Cleveland Councilman Kevin Conwell spoke next.
Councilman Kevin Conwell
Cuyahoga County Council's Yvonne Conwell spoke next.
Yvonne Conwell
University Circle's Chris Ronayne spoke next.
Chris Ronayne
David M. Raynolds, Senior Vice President Key Bank Inc. spoke next.
David M. Raynolds
Rich Crepage, Vice President of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens Federation, introduced some of the dignitaries at the 71st annual One World Day.
Rich Crepage
Rev. Hilton O. Smith, president of the NAACP Cleveland and associate pastor at Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church, gave an invocation.
Rev. Hilton O. Smith invocation
Next, Sheila Murphy Crawford invited Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and other dignitaries to ceremonially break ground in the Centennial Plaza of the Cultural Gardens during the 71st annual One World Day in the Centennial Year of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.
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