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On the recordSeptember 30, 2012
When children read their first book, pick up their first instrument, or perform in their first play, they demonstrate the power of the arts to ignite wonder and imagination.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Proclamation 8873—National Arts and Humanities Month

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