Star-Spangled Spellers: Nearly 200 Chrysler Group Employees to Create the Words 'O Say, Can You See' to Raise Awareness of National Anthem Project

Star-Spangled Spellers: Nearly 200 Chrysler Group Employees to Create the Words 'O Say, Can You See' to Raise Awareness of National Anthem Project

* Employee event welcomes National Anthem Project to Metro Detroit
* Oakland County Executive helps Jeep(R) brand celebrate sponsorship of
multi-year initiative to re-teach Americans the words to the national
anthem
* Employees to sing national anthem loud enough to be heard across I-75

WHAT: Nearly 200 Chrysler Group employees, dressed in white Jeep(R) T-
shirts, will welcome the National Anthem Project (NAP) to Metro
Detroit by creating a formation to spell out the first five words
of "The Star-Spangled Banner" - "O say, can you see" - on the front
lawn of DaimlerChrysler's Auburn Hills Headquarters on Friday, July
7 during morning drive time. Employees will sing the national
anthem loud enough to be heard across I-75.

The "National Anthem Project: Restoring America's Voice" is a
multi-year national education initiative created by the National
Association for Music Education (MENC) to re-teach Americans the
national anthem after a Harris Poll showed that two out of three
Americans don't know the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner." The
Jeep brand is the National Presenting Sponsor, building upon its
65-year heritage and role in U.S. history.

The five words, to be created with the help of Chrysler Group
employees, measure approximately 10 ft. wide by 100 ft. long.

WHO: The following will be available for interviews:
* L. Brooks Patterson, Oakland County Executive
* W. Frank Fountain, DaimlerChrysler Senior Vice President,
External Affairs and Public Policy
* Earl Hurrey, Assistant Executive Director of MENC
* DaimlerChrysler employees

WHEN: Friday, July 7, 2006
Singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at 6:30 a.m. (EDT); rain or
shine

WHERE: DaimlerChrysler Headquarters
1000 Chrysler Drive
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
(Directions: I-75 and Chrysler Drive, Exit 78. Please follow
signage for VIP/Media Parking.)

PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES:
* Chrysler Group employees spelling out the first five words of
"The Star-Spangled Banner" -- "O say, can you see"
* Employees singing the "The Star-Spangled Banner"

Additional information and news from DaimlerChrysler is available on the Internet at: www.media.daimlerchrysler.com

Contacts: Jodi Tinson, 248-512-2944, jt658@daimlerchrysler.com

Jeff Ormond, Strat@comm, 248-649-8000, jormond@stratacomm.net

PRNewswire -- June 23

Source: DaimlerChrysler

Web site: http://www.media.daimlerchrysler.com/

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