When there was despair in the Dust Bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itselfwith a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of commonpurpose. Yes, we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes, we can.
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma and a preacher fromAtlanta who told a people that.We Shall Overcome. Yes,we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, shetouched her finger to a screen and cast her vote,because after 106 years in America, through the best oftimes and the darkest of hours, she knows how Americacan change. Yes, we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us askourselves: If our children should live to see the nextcentury; if my daughters should be so lucky to live aslong as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see?What progress will we have made?
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