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Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Establishes the People's Garden Project on Bicentennial of Lincoln's Birth (Feb. 12)

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today "broke pavement" on the inaugural USDA The People's Garden during a ceremony on the grounds of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) commemorating the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln.

 
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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack operates a jack hammer breaking ground for the Peoples Garden Project on the Bicentennial of Lincoln's birth at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.

 
AUDIO: People's Garden Announcement

 
TRANSCRIPT: Remarks by Secretary Tom Vilsack