Celebrating 21 years of the Clinton Center with presidential reflections

Hillary Clinton: The building is like my husband. It’s open, it’s expansive, it’s welcoming, it’s filled with light. And the exhibits tell a story of someone who loves his fellow man, who cares deeply about the future of all of our children, who recognizes our common humanity.

Kyle Kellams: It is time to revisit Pryor Center archives. To help us do that, our guide: Randy Dixon with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. What do we hear, Randy?

Randy Dixon: That was Hillary Clinton some 21 years ago at the opening of the Clinton Center and Library that took place this week in Little Rock. Specifically, it was Nov. 18, 2004. And what I remember about that day is that it was miserable, a cold rain. Weather-wise. I mean, weather we hadn’t seen in quite a while, but it was a momentous day and people dealt with it. The media dealt with it, the planners dealt with it, the presidents dealt with it. But it was a big day for Arkansas, probably the biggest day, at least as far as a news story, as big as the ’92 presidential election night. And it was big for us to cover…

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