The Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial on the National Mall in Washington DC was dedicated on October 16, 2011. The ceremony for the slain civil rights leader had been postponed earlier in the summer because of Tropical Storm Irene.
Rev. Cal H. P. Merrelle from Atlanta, Georgia stands and shouts during the Martin Luther King Memorial dedication ceremony on the Mall in Washington, D.C., October 16, 2011. UPI/Mannie Garcia