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Published: November 17, 2007
Thousands watch 'auspicious occassion'
GUTHRIE — Thousands celebrated Oklahoma 's 100th birthday by watching re-enactments and a parade with an eye toward the future.
"Good morning and happy birthday, Oklahoma,” Lt. Gov. Jari Askins said Friday, exactly 100 years after the state was admitted to the union.
Askins spoke on the front steps of Carnegie Library, where Statehood Day ceremonies conducted on that site in 1907 were re-enacted.
"Tod...
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