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YEAR IN REVIEW 2007
GOV. PATRICK
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Deval Patrick is sworn in as the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray (right) looks on as Patrick’s wife Diane holds the Mendi Bible, which the governor mentioned in the first part of his inauguration speech, noting how far the state has come in the 165 years since John Quincy Adams received the book from the former slaves he helped to free. (Don West photo)
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| The governor introduces Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama (right) during a Boston campaign stop on Oct. 23. Patrick, only the nation’s second African American governor, that day officially endorsed Obama’s bid to become the first black president in American history. (AP photo/Steven Senne) |
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| Patrick speaks to members of the media after testifying at an Oct. 15 congressional hearing on mortgage foreclosures at Roxbury Community College. Listening are state Attorney General Martha Coakley (center) and Mayor Thomas M. Menino (right), both of whom also testified during the hearing. (AP photo/Lisa Poole) |
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| The governor (second from right) and lieutenant governor (right) stand at the casket of Boston firefighter Warren Payne before his funeral at the United House of Prayer for All People on Sept. 7 in Boston. Payne, 53, a Newton resident and father of two, was one of two firefighters who lost his life on Aug. 29, when a roof collapsed during a restaurant fire in West Roxbury. (AP photo/Lisa Poole) |
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Patrick (center) joins (left to right) state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson, state Rep. Willie Mae Allen, City Councilor Charles Yancey, state Reps. Byron Rushing and Gloria L. Fox and others in attendance at Roxbury Homecoming. Patrick signed legislation declaring June 19 “Juneteenth Independence Day,” making Massachusetts one of 25 states to commemorate the end of slavery. (Sandy Middlebrooks photos)
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| Patrick shakes the hand of a young man at the Roxbury Homecoming celebration, held June 16 in Franklin Park. |
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