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Martin Luther King Day Events Around the City
today is martin luther king jr. day, which celebrates his accomplishments as a civil rights commander and as well as reminds us there is still come to c clear up to be done in many areas, from racial equality to living a more tranquil, understanding endurance. and, in a way, tuesday is a testament to king’s work, with barack obama’s inauguration as the 44th president of the common states. at the nineteenth street baptist church in washington d.c., where the obamas attended services today, children recited lines linked king and obama: a offspring first said, “martin luther king walked so that barack obama could run,” which was followed by others saying “barack obama ran so that all children could fly” and “yes we can. yes i can.”
Institutions around the city are paying tribute to King; here are a few (feel free to suggest others in comments):
and king’s birthday is actually january 15, 1929, but the federal holiday has been observed on the third monday of january since 1986 (the first time all 50 states observed the holiday was in 2000).
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