Alaska senators celebrate Alaska statehood.

• Position: STATEHOOD CELEBRATION

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On June 25, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Ted Stevens cut a white and royal blue "Alaska's 50th" cake to commemorate the debate leading up to Senate passage of the Alaska Statehood Act.June 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the date that the U.S. Senate, by a vote of 64 to 20, approved the statehood legislation. Because the U.S. House had already passed the legislation, the Senate action sent the...