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Article: Officials Spar Over King Memorial; Park Service, Planning Panel at Odds Over Plaque's Location
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- The Washington Post
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- September 6, 2002
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. climbed to the top of the Lincoln
Memorial's steps to deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, but
the effort to honor the event has gotten bogged down in a struggle
over how prominently it should be displayed.
The National Capital Planning Commission yesterday recommended
placing a marker at the top of the memorial's steps, exactly where
King stood to deliver his speech. In doing so, the panel rejected the
National Park Service's arguments that a plaque at that location
would diminish the existing memorial's impact and would be
inaccessible for disabled people.
The plaque, which is not yet designed, would likely be set into
the pavement or sit low to the ...