I found this photo today via the Flickr Blog. I cannot believe I did not get a photo of the marble pedestal that was apparently inscribed by the National Parks Service a few years ago to commemorate the location from which Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke. I reviewed my photos of our July 4th 2007 vacation in Washington, D.C. and though I captured many angles of the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Reflecting Pool, I did not get a picture of it. I would really have liked to see it.
Jean and I were talking about MLK day yesterday, and after thinking about it more, my feeling is the same. Though the man is certainly worth celebrating, I try to focus more on the movement he encouraged in our country. That is the spirit of the whole celebration anyway as I understand it. Working for social justice and equality is a worthwhile activity every day of the year, but perhaps today we should consider how our work can and does fit into the bigger picture. Are we doing what we can in the world to spread peace and justice? ... And tomorrow we can get back to it!
Happy Birthday Dr. King. As you said in your famous speech, "Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom to ring — when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children — black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics - will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: 'Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!'"
Monday, January 15, 2007
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