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The '''National Baseball Hall of Fame''', located in Cooperstown, [[New York]] is a [[museum]] honoring persons who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport and for the study of the history of baseball.  

The '''National Baseball Hall of Fame''', located in Cooperstown, [[New York]] is a [[museum]] honoring persons who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport and for the study of the history of baseball. In 2015 the annual ceremony inducting new players into the Hall of Fame attracted a crowd of 45,000 to the tiny community of Cooperstown, which has a population of less than 2,000.<ref>http://baseballhall.org/visit/hall-of-fame-weekend</ref>

The National Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark. The belief that US Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall, and its location in upstate New York. A baseball postage stamp commemorating the occasion was placed on sale that day at the Cooperstown post office, with Postmaster General James A. Farley presiding.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939 by Stephen Carlton Clark. The belief that US Civil War hero Abner Doubleday invented baseball in Cooperstown was instrumental in the early marketing of the Hall, and its location in upstate New York. A baseball postage stamp commemorating the occasion was placed on sale that day at the Cooperstown post office, with Postmaster General James A. Farley presiding.