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Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
Photo: Sebastian Wallroth, CC BY 3.0 (licence)

The newest of the Mall's memorials, dedicated to the fallen civil rights leader. You enter between two slabs of granite that symbolize a "Mountain of Despair" before standing before the "Stone of Hope", both named based on a line in King's "I Have a Dream" speech. A 30-foot likeness of King is carved out of the Stone of Hope overlooking the Tidal Basin, while a nearby wall contains inscriptions of quotes from many of King's speeches.

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1964 Independence Ave SW

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