Obamas, others around country to observe Martin Luther King day
ASSOCIATED PRESS January 16, 2012 8:30AM
Martin Luther King III, center, the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. with his wife Arndrea, right and daughter Yolanda, second right, delivers his remarks during a ceremony at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, in Washington, in observance of Kingís 83rd birthday anniversary, Sunday, January 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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President Barack Obama and his family will be among those around the country who will honor the legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
The Obamas plan to participate Monday in a community service project in Washington to honor King’s memory.
Monday also marks the first King holiday where visitors can celebrate King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, which was dedicated last year.
The new memorial, which opened in August, celebrates the ideals King espoused. Quotations from his speeches and writings conjure memories of his message, and a 30-foot-tall sculpture depicts King emerging as a “stone of hope” from a “mountain of despair,” a design inspired by a line of his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
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