Hear the speech: Garrison Keillor says all history is local
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Garrison Keillor performs during "A Prairie Home Companion" at The Fox Theatre on Saturday, May 17, 2014 in Atlanta.
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Radio broadcaster, humorist and author Garrison Keillor gives the keynote address at the national meeting of the American Association for State and Local History, held in St. Paul September 18, 2014.
Keillor has written his first play, which opens September 27, 2014 at the History Theatre in St. Paul.
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