Disneyland's 46th Birthday and Lincoln Grand Opening
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On the morning of July 17, 2001 Disneyland celebrated its 46th birthday with a ceremony held in front of the Opera House on Main Street. In addition to Disneyland's Birthday, the Grand Opening of the new Walt Disney Story featuring Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln was also celebrated. The highlight of the new attraction is a new show for Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln featuring an amazing 3D sound system called binaural sound. With the system, guests wear headphones and it sounds as if you're really in the room where the action is occuring. The story has changed as well culminating in an Audio-Animatronic Abraham Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address.

For pictures and more information on the attraction itself, see our First Look at Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln article from Monday.

In the article below you'll find pictures, video and transcripts from the ceremony. You'll also find brief interviews with the President of the Disneyland Resort Cynthia Harriss, Academy Award-winning actor Martin Landau who delivered the Gettysburg Address in the ceremony and the Vice-Chairman and Principal Creative Executive at Walt Disney Imagineering, Marty Sklar.

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Videos
There are seven clips which together make up the entire ceremony. Links to all seven videos are shown here. The videos are also linked at the appropriate places within the article.
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• Clip 1: The Americus Brass Band entering (1 minute, 8 seconds)
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• Clip 2: Ambassador Doina Roman-Osborn opens the ceremony (43 seconds)
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• Clip 3: Cynthia Harriss (3 minutes, 26 seconds)
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• Clip 4: Marty Sklar (4 minutes, 4 seconds)
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• Clip 5: Cynthia Harriss introduced Martin Landau (1 minute, 8 seconds)
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• Clip 6: Martin Landau delivers the Gettysburg Address (3 minutes, 12 seconds)
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• Clip 7: Cynthia Harriss closes the ceremony (43 seconds)
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The Ceremony
Opening the ceremony was opened with the 14-piece Americus Brass Band, one of the nation's foremost Civil War replica bands.

The Americus Brass Band
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Video: The Americus Brass Band entering (1 minute, 8 seconds)
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Announcer: Please welcome Disneyland Resort Ambassador, Doina Roman-Osborn.

Disneyland Ambassador Doina Roman-Osborn
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Video: Ambassador Doina Roman-Osborn opens the ceremony (43 seconds)
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Doina Roman-Osborn: Good morning and welcome to our very special celebration honoring Disneyland's 46th birthday. We are especially happy to have you here today as we premier the new Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln. And now, it is my great privilege to introduce to you the President of the Disneyland Resort, Cynthia Harriss.