PRESS RELEASE
August 21, 1996

CLINTON/GORE ANNOUNCES PRELIMINARY TRAVEL SCHEDULE FOR PRESIDENT CLINTON’S "21ST CENTURY EXPRESS" TRAIN TOUR

The Clinton/Gore campaign today announced the preliminary travel schedule for President Clinton’s "21st Century Express" train tour. The tour will begin August 25 in Huntington, West Virginia and will end in Michigan City, Indiana on Wednesday, August 28.

As the President travels through America’s heartland, he will highlight the core principles underlying his and Vice President Gore’s leadership agenda: opportunity, responsibility and community. The President will be joined along the route by American heroes whose lives embody these principles.

The schedule is attached. Additional details and media logistics for covering "21st Century Express" events will be released at later dates. For more information, contact the Clinton/Gore press office at 202/496-1037.

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President Clinton’s "21st Century Express" Train Tour
West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan & Indiana
Sunday, August 25 - Wednesday, August 28

Schedule*

Sunday, August 25
10:55 a.m. (EDT) Depart Andrews Air Force Base
Mid-day Arrive Huntington, West Virginia
Kick-off for “21st Century Express”
Old C & O Train Station, Huntington
OPEN PRESS
Mid-afternoon Riverfront Park
Ashland, Kentucky
OPEN PRESS
Evening Chillicothe, Ohio
Late evening Columbus, Ohio

Monday, August 26

Mid-morning Event TBA
Columbus, Ohio
OPEN PRESS
Mid-afternoon Arlington, Ohio
Evening Bowling Green, Ohio
Late evening Toledo, Ohio

Tuesday, August 27

Morning Event TBA
Toledo, Ohio
Mid-day Event TBA
Wyandotte area, Michigan
Afternoon Event TBA
Royal Oak area, Michigan
Late afternoon Pontiac, Michigan
Evening Event TBA
East Lansing, Michigan

Wednesday, August 28

Mid-morning Event TBA
Battle Creek, Michigan
Mid-day Event TBA
Kalamazoo, Michigan
OPEN PRESS
Late afternoon (CDT) Event TBA
Michigan City, Indiana

*Additional details will be made available at later dates.