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Beyonce Knowles Sings 'America the Beautiful' for Barack Obama

Mon, 19 January 2009 02:23:29 ET

Beyonce Knowles Sings 'America the Beautiful' for Barack Obama
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Beyonce Knowles delivered the finale "America the Beautiful" at "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial" in Washington D.C. on Sunday, January 18.
took the stage at "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial" in Washington D.C. on Sunday, January 18. At the event, the 27-year-old singer delivered the finale.

Looking gorgeous in her black and brown dress, Beyonce performed "America the Beautiful" in front of the crowd. The "Single Ladies" songstress also yelled out "We are one" upon the song's conclusion.

Meanwhile, President-elect Barack Obama spoke at the celebration, "Welcome to this celebration of American renewal. In the course of our history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones we face right now. I stand here today as hopeful as ever that the United States of America will endure. That it will prevail; that the dream of our founders will live on in our time!"

, U2, George Lopez, , , and are among the stars who attended the event. Beyonce will also be performing "At Last" for Obama on Tuesday, January 20.



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