Standing proudly upon the msot famous of Tallahassee's Seven Hills, Florida's new Capitol is a monument to the progressiveness of our State.
The Capitol houses 3,000 workers, that number increasing to 4,500 when the Legislature is in Session.
It is the newest and most modern Center of Government in the Nation, and it embodies the latest in modern building deisng.
Consistent with the ideal that it represents the most progressive State in the Nation, Our Capitol stands as one of the tallest Gulf Coast structures between the Atlantic Ocean to the East and the Mississippi River to the West.
Our Capitol. We can be proud of it!
Old Folks at Home
Way down upon the Swanee River, far, far away.
There'es where my heart is turning ever.
There's where the old folks stay.
All up and down the whole creation, sadly I roam.
Still longing for the old plantation, and for
the old folks at home.
CHORUS
All the world is sad and dreary, everywhere I roam.
Oh, brothers, how my heart grows weary,
far from the old folks at home!
DEDICATION OF THE CAPITOL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Friday, March 31, 1978
11:00 A.M.
West Plaza, Capitol
Tallahassee, Florida
PROGRAM
Musical Selections
Phillip Spurgeon, Conductor
Welcome
Honorable Donald L. Tucker, Speaker Florida House of Representatives
State Song "Old Folks at Home" (Everyone is invited to join in singing
Posting of the Colors
Florida National Guard Honor Guard
National Anthem
Major General Kennedy C. Bullard
Pledge of Allegiance
Justice Ben Overton, Chief Justice Florida Supreme Court
Invocation
C. Kenzie Steele, pastor
Bethel Baptist Church, Tallahassee
Introduction of Guests
Honorable Lew Brantley, President Florida Senate
"Ode to Joy" from Symphony Number 9 Beethoven
Florida State Symphony
Phillip Spurgeon, Conductor
Soloists: Jeannette Lombard, Soprano
Elizabeth Mannion, Mezzo-Soprano
Eugene Talley-Schmidt, Tenor
David Wingate, Baritone
Combined Choruses: The Florida State University Singers
Clayton H. Krehbiel, Director
The Tallahassee Community College Chorale
James Davis, Director
The Florida A& M University Concert Choir
Curtis King, Director
Dedication Rene H. Gracidia, Bishop
Diocese of Pensacola- Tallahassee
Dedicatory Address
Honorable Reubin O'D. Askew, Governor
State of Florida
Benediction
Stanley J. Gardein, Rabbi
Temple Israel, Tallahassee
GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
IN GOD WE TRUST
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