[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 51 (Monday, December 27, 1999)]
[Page 2651]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Videotape Remarks on the ``America's Millennium'' Celebration

December 21, 1999

    I want to invite all Americans to join
Hillary and me for ``America's Millennium,'' a spectacular 3-day 
celebration in our Nation's Capital to ring in a new year, new century, 
new millennium. Join us in honoring our past and imagining the future, 
by kicking off the celebration at 11:00 a.m. on December 31st with an 
opening ceremony at the Main Street Millennium stage at 12th and 
Constitution. Enjoy free performances and programs at many of the 
Smithsonian museums, and food and fun at the city's block party.
    Usher in the year 2000 at America's Millennium Gala at the Lincoln 
Memorial, beginning at 9:00 p.m. It will include a stirring concert, a 
premiere of a film on the 20th century by Steven Spielberg, and a 
spectacular finale of lights and fireworks. All events are free and open 
to the public. For more information, call 1-888-294-2100, or log onto 
Americasmillennium.gov.
    From my family to yours, Happy New Year--and a happy new millennium.

Note: The address was videotaped at approximately 10 a.m. on December 16 
in the Roosevelt Room for later broadcast, and the transcript was 
released by the Office of the Press Secretary on December 21. A tape was 
not available for verification of the content of this address.