Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Washington, DC
photo: Victoria Stauffenberg/National Park Service
Why go there?
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It covers four acres and includes the Stone of Hope, a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. carved by sculptor Lei Yixin. The inspiration for the memorial design is a line from King's "I Have a Dream" speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope." The memorial opened to the public on August 22, 2011.
