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January 15. 2014
2014 s p e c ia l e o iiio n
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opens to the public on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Etched in Stone at the Nation’s Capital
Revered leader honored for storied work for equality
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Almost 50 years after his stirring "I Have a Dream"
speech on the steps of the Lincoln M emorial in W ash
ington, D.C., the country paid tribute to the civil rights
leader in the summer of 2013 with the opening of the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
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A m ust-see on any trip to the nation’s capital, the
memorial is situated oh a four-acre site along the Tidal
Basin, adjacent to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial
and sharing a direct line of sight to both the'Lincoln and
Jefferson memorials.
The centerpiece is a 30-foot statue of Dr. King. His
likeness is carved into the Stone of Hope, which
emerges powerfully from two large boulders. The two
boulders, which started as one, represent the Mountain
of Despair. The boulders are split in half to give way to
the Stone of Hope, which appears to have been thrust
forward toward the horizon in a great monolithic
struggle.
The Stone of Hope and the
M ountain of Despair together
represent the soul-stirring words
from Dr. K ing’s history-making
"I Have a Dream" speech.
Every visitor enters through
the Mountain of Despair and tours
the memorial as if moving through
the struggle that Dr. King faced
during his life. Visitors end in the
open freedom of the plaza, the
solitary image of the civil rights
leader gazing over the Tidal Ba
sin toward the horizon, forever
encouraging all citizens to strive
for justice and equality.
The official address of the
monument, 1964 Independence
Avenue, S.W., commemorates
the year the Civil Rights Act of
1964 became law.
The Martin Luther King Jr.
Memorial is open daily, with park
rangers on site from 8 a.m. to
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