Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2004.55.043
Accession#:
2004.55
Credit Line:
Donated by Mary Ann Parke.
Object Name:
Program
Title:
"First Alaska Inauguration"
Date:
01/26/1963
Scope & Content:
Program, "FIRST ALASKA INAUGURATION / Juneau—Douglas High School Gymnasium / Juneau, Alaska / 2 P. M., January 26, 1963." Cover text printed in navy blue with yellow/black Alaska seal and white/blue "Inauguration of Governor and Secretary of State" seal. Inside, also printed in blue: "PROGRAM / Posting of the Colors by the Alaska National Guard Color Guard. / National Anthem. / Invocation by the Reverend David A. Melbourne. / The oath of office will be administered to the Honorable Hugh J. Wade, Secretary of State, by Judge James A. von der Heydt. / Musical Selection. / The oath of office will be administered to the Honorable William A. Egan, Governor of Alaska, by Judge James A. von der Heydt. / Inaugural Address by the Governor of the State of Alaska. / Benediction by the Reverend Mark A. Boesser. / Alaska's Flag. / Retiring of the Colors."

Paper, ink
Dates of Creation:
01/26/1963
People:
Parke, Mary Ann
Melbourne, David A.
Wade, Hugh J.
von der Heydt, James A.
Egan, William A.
Boesser, Mark A.
Search Terms:
State
Statehood
Government
Celebration
Capital
History
Legislature
Pamphlet
Territorial
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