Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Posted on January 18, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” speech was made before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963.  

“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.”

Like Lincoln, Dr. King also knew the importance of education -

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education.

Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. day with a trip to the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. Free admission is offered to all on Monday, January 18, 2016.