DC To Get Statehood Message Out at Inaugural Parade

Jan. 16, 2013--DC Mayor Vincent Gray and city officials held a press conference in the city's inaugural parade review stand.  They are hopeful that the "A More Perfect Union Must Include Full Democracy in DC" message will alert visitors to the cause of DC statehood (although several reporters asked about the wording of the message and why it did not include the word "statehood."  The stand was built for a cost of $342,000.  (The statehood messege received a symbolic boost when President Obama announced on Tuesday that he would use DC's "Taxation Without Representation" license plates on the White House limousine).

Bleachers and barricades on Freedom Plaza.
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