Prepared Remarks for Attorney General Gonzales at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church National Landmark Designation Ceremony

U.S. Newswire, February, 2006

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 20 /U.S. Newswire - Following is a transcript of prepared remarks for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church national landmark designation ceremony:

Thank you and good morning.

I'd like to thank Secretary Norton for inviting me to be a part of this celebration. It's an honor for me to join all of you to enshrine this house of worship in our nation's heritage and among our historic landmarks.

It is essential that we protect and preserve the history and aesthetics of this beautiful church for generations to come - her pews and pulpit, her bricks and mortar, her stained glass and vaulted ceilings.

The reasons, of course, reach far beyond the structure itself, beyond a building...beyond, even, a...

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