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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 07:55 PM
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CNN: Sneak Peek - MLK National Memorial in Washington D.C.
 
Run time: 02:49
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9dnopmSnMc
 
Posted on YouTube: August 20, 2011
By YouTube Member: TPFThePeoplesForum
Views on YouTube: 67
 
Posted on DU: August 23, 2011
By DU Member: Tx4obama
Views on DU: 980
 
http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/20/building-the-dream-the-mlk-memorial/
http://www.mlkmemorial.org/
http://www.mlkmemorial.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=hkIUL9MVJxE&b=1601407&ct=9375595

The official dedication will occur on Sunday, August 28, 2011, the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington and Dr. King's historic I Have A Dream speech, beginning with a pre-dedication concert at 10 a.m. The dedication ceremony will commence at 11 a.m. and a post-dedication concert will follow beginning at 2 p.m.


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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 08:46 PM
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1. I would not be surprised if there were groups planning to blow it up
already.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-22-11 10:39 PM
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2. Shhhhh.....
I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to say it out loud.

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tclambert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 06:37 AM
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3. I want to go see it!
Imagine . . . a monument in Washington, D.C. for someone who never held a public office. Everything he did was as a private citizen.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-23-11 11:24 PM
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4. I was conceived in DC. My mother went there to see my father was on leave while in the Navy.
Edited on Tue Aug-23-11 11:25 PM by Tx4obama

I hope to someday visit our Capitol before I die :)

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