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The Hall of Presidents

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The Nullification Crisis scene has been altered in the new version of the Hall of Presidents. Instead of focusing on nullification the scene know talks about President Andrew Jackson. The narrator says that Jackson was not an aristocrat as previous presidents had been, instead he was one of the people. A new image shows 20,000 Americans descending on Jackson's inauguration. A women staff member of the White House comments that if they had not put free punch on the lawn, commoners would still be in the White House.
The narrator then begins to discuss how slavery has begun to tear the country apart and a new President is needed to rise to the challenge. The Lincoln Douglas debates are once again shown, and Lincoln gives his "House Divided" speech. An image of Lincoln being elected in 1860 follows, while Lincoln remarks that:as the narrator talks about how we needed a leader who could hold the country together.
The next image shows Abraham Lincoln alone, and talking to himself. He says: {{Quotation|"I know that there is a God, and that he hates injustice and slavery. And I see the storm coming, I know his hand is in it. If he has a place of work for me, and I think he has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. And with God's help I shall not fail."}}
The next scene shows the beginning of the Civil War and Fort Sumter. The Civil War is depicted through images of Union and Confederate soldiers, while cannons boom in the background. The narrator then tells guests that after 500,000 Americans had died, America needed meaning to come from all the tragedy.
The narrator says that with the Civil War over, America was united at last. Images of the Continental Railroad, and the Western Frontier are shown as America grows and moves West. Teddy Roosevelt then appears on the screen, as the narrator comments that although he was born an aristocrat, Roosevelt fought for the working class. He was the one who refused to call the Executive Mansion by its name, instead calling it a "White House". The next president mentioned is Franklin Delenor Roosevelt, who is called upon to the lead the nation through its darkest hours since the Civil War. The Depression and the Stock Market Crash of 1929 are depicted, followed by WWII. The narrator says that when America's confidence was shaken, FDR was their to reassure us. A fireside chat is then heard with FDR saying:
 {{Quotation| "Let us unite in vanishing banishing fear, together we cannot fail"}}
Various Americans are then heard writing letters to FDR thanking him and explains their situations.
The next President who is shown is John F. Kennedy 16 years later. A video clip of Kennedy is shown:
{{Quotation|"Let the world word go forth, from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans..."}} The narrator then says that Americans were inspired into new civic activism, as an images of Martin Luther King Jr. appear on the screen. Then the Lincoln Monument appears as the narrator gives a short speech. {{Quotation|It has always been the role of Presidents to remind us of our roots, to call us to our future. At their best moments they speak words that are already there in our hearts, especially in times of tragedy. A montage of Presidential speeches is then shown which includes: * Lyndon Johnson after John F. Kennedy was assassinated- "All I have, I would have given gladley, not to be standing here today."
The narrator then says that Americans were pushed into new activism* Ronald Reagan after the Challenger explosion- "We mourn seven heroes, we mourn their loss as an images of Martin Luther King Jr. appear on the screen. Then the Lincoln Monument appears as the narrator gives a short speechnation together."
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* Lyndon Johnson after John FGeorge W. Kennedy was assassinatedBush at Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 attacks- "I can hear you! I can hear you, the rest of the world hears you!"
* Ronald Reagan after Finally the Challenger explosion-narrator gives one final speech as the Space Shuttle Columbia is shown launching for the fist time.
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* George W. Bush at Ground Zero after As the September 11narrator is finishing, 2001 attacks-the curtain on the main stage rises, revealing Audio Anamatronics of every United States President. A Presidential roll call is then taken, where each President is introduced. After the roll call George Washington begins to speak:
Finally {{Quotation|"My fellow citizens, no event could have filled me with greater anxiety then that notification on the narrator says14th day of April 1789, "Nothing ends here that you had selected me to head our hops and" as nation. But it is with the Space Shuttle Columbia confidence of my fellow citizens that I took an oath, 35 simple words that have been repeated by every American President throughout history. As long as that oath is shown launching for taken, and solemnly fulfilled, the fist timeAmerican Dream will endure.""
After the film has endedWashington is finished, Barrack Obama begins to recite the Presidential roll call takes place, as oath of the all the Presidents appear on stage togetherPresident. George Washington then gives a speech saying:
{{Quotation|"Washington ending speechI Barrack Hussein Obama do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President of the United States. And will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God."}}
directly following him, Barrack Obama is then introduced by the current narrator. President Barrack Obama then gives his the final speechof the attraction:
{{Quotation|"barrack Obama speechThe American dream is as old as our founding, but as timeless as our hopes. It is born everyday in the heart of every child, who wakes p in a land of limitless possibilities in a country where "We the people" means all the people. We may come from different places and believe in different things, but what makes us Americans is a shared spirit. A spirit of courage and determination, of honor and generosity. It is a spirit grounded in the generations that have gone before us, but open to the the unimaginable discoveries and possibilities on the horizon that lies ahead. Let us enjoy it, cherish it, defend it, and pass it on to our children as the bright and beautiful blessing it is. This enduring American Dream"|}}
The As the curtains close, and guests exit the attraction, the Battle Hymn of the Republic then plays as the attraction ends.