From: President McEntee &. Sec-Treas Saunders [mailto:President_SecTreasurer@afscme.org]
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2011 4:26 PM
To: AFSCME Leadership
Subject: DC March & Rally Commemorating the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial
We wanted to notify you that the Washington, D.C. march and rally commemorating the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial -- originally scheduled for Aug. 27 but postponed due to Hurricane Irene -- has been rescheduled for October 15.
Only four other Americans – George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt – have been given this honor: a national memorial on the hallowed grounds of our National Mall. As the first memorial to honor an African American, and the first to honor an individual who was never elected to high office, the memorial for Dr. King stands as a symbol of progress and purpose, dedicated to a man whose vision and courage transformed our nation and gave hope to the world.
The event, co-sponsored by AFSCME and the National Action Network and supported by other labor and civil and human rights groups, is being held one day before the official unveiling of the memorial on the National Mall. Specific information re: time of the rally, the route of the march and other details will be coming to you shortly.
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