Christopher Reeve's speech at the 1996 Democratic National Convention was about 7 minutes long.

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He accepted the nomination at the Democratic party's national convention, which was held in Charlotte NC. His acceptance speech occurred on Thursday night, the 6th of September 2012.

The acceptance speech takes place at a national convention before the adjournment. For a party's national convention in the US, the acceptance will be given by the party's nominee for the presidential election.

The speech is referred to as the The Cross Of Goldspeech.