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Wilma Massie, at left, from Glenwood, W.Va., and Nancy Spurlock, also from Glenwood, listens to speakers during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Adam Hodges, Director of Museums, WV Division of Culture and History, speaks during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Karen Nance, of Barboursville, listens to keynote speaker Nick Joe Rahall II during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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John Belcher, at left from Guyandotte, W.Va., and Johnny Nance, of Barboursville, listen to key note speaker, Nick Joe Rahall II, during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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More photos from the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Nick Joe Rahall II speaks during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Nick Joe Rahall II speaks during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Nick Joe Rahall II speaks during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Ned Jones, of the Green Bottom Society, introduces the keynote spaker during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Coy Miller, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, speaks during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the Corps at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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John Belcher, at left, from Guyandotte, W.Va., and Johnny Nance, of Barboursville, listen to keynote speaker Nick Joe Rahall II during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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Victor Jenkins Wilson, from Huntington, searches for a seat during the ceremony marking the preservation actions by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Jenkins Plantation Museum on Monday, Aug. 11, 2008.
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