Martin Luther King, JR Memorial-7' (Washington West) (38.8862795, -77.0442554)
1964 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, D.C.
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Description:
There is the unfinished statue of King looming over everything. But the moving part is the words of his inscribed on the walls. Most I had read in his sermons or elsewhere. Still moving. See the Park page for his quotes.
The statue was carved by Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin and the memorial as a whole was designed by Marshall Purnell. It was built between 2009 and 2011.
There are many overt as well as hidden symbolism contained within the memorial as a whole. Technically speaking, there is no statue at the MLK Memorial.
Although there are no quotes from Dr. King's famous 'I have a dream' speech, this centerpiece alludes to a powerful analogy that he used in the speech to describe the importance of faith in the struggle for civil rights, that. The memorial's designers intended that the visitor would walk through the mountain of despair to the stone of hope. The memorial's stone of hope appears to be quarried (hewed) from a larger stone, a slow a laborious process, much like the process to end racial segregation and discrimination in the U.S.
The stone has been pushed forward, symbolizing the forward progress in the achievement of civil rights in America.
The likeness of MLK is unfinished, just as his life was tragically cut short at just 39 years of age, and just as the movement for civil rights he helped lead is unfinished today. From DC By Foot
Trips:
- March 28, 2023 - Scheduled to walk around the Tidal Basin
Pictures:
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| March 28, 2023 - Entrance |
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