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WCVB at 50: Gov. Deval Patrick Swearing-In

WCVB at 50: Gov. Deval Patrick Swearing-In
OF GOOD MORNING AMERICA. WE ARE MARKING 50 YEARS OF WCVB WITH 50 MOMENTS THAT SHAPED MASSACHUSETTS. DOUG: DEVAL PATRICK WAS ELECTED IN 2006. ANTOINETTE: FROM HIS INGURAAUTION TO THE THOUGHTS HE SHARED IN THAT MOMENT, NEWSCENTER 5 WAS THERE. >> DEVAL PATRICK TOOK SPSTE AND MADE HIS INAUGURATION DAY MORE HISTORIC. THE COMMONWEALTH’S FIRST BLACK GOVERNOR HAD THE TITLE PASSED TO HIM IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS. HE PLACED HIS LEFT HAND ON A BIBLE GIVEN TO JOHN QUCYIN ADAMS FROM KIDNAPPED AFRICANS ONHE T AMISTEAD. >> I SEE WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF NOT JUST AS A MATTER OF HISTORY BUT A MAERTT OF CHARACTER AND I’M ASKING YOU TO TOUCH THAT PART OF OUR SHARED LEGACY AND REACH WITH ME FOR MESOTHING BETTER. >> AS YOU OFFICIALLY ENTER THE HISTORY BOOKS. >> MORE THAN ANYTHING, IT IS THE WEIGHT OF THE RESPONSIBILITY. IT IS AN EXCINGIT THING TO BE PART OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, TO HAVE WON THE CAMPAIGN, TO HAVE LIEDFT EXPECTATIONS, BUT IT IS HUMBLING TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH HAS TO BE DONANE D HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO ME AND MY LEADERSHIPO THELP THEM GET IT DONE.
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WCVB at 50: Gov. Deval Patrick Swearing-In
We are marking 50 years of WCVB with 50 moments that shaped Massachusetts. Deval Patrick made history when he was elected the first Black governor of the Commonwealth in 2006. From his inauguration to the thoughts he shared on the weight of the moment -- NewsCenter 5 was there.

We are marking 50 years of WCVB with 50 moments that shaped Massachusetts.

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Deval Patrick made history when he was elected the first Black governor of the Commonwealth in 2006.

From his inauguration to the thoughts he shared on the weight of the moment -- NewsCenter 5 was there.