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Some 50,000 people are expected Sunday, instead of the estimated 300,000 people last August.
Already open to the public, the Martin Luther King memorial is located near the National Mall, the huge and prestigious Esplanade south of the White House, and adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson and Roosevelt.
This is the first monument to honor a person of color and the only one of this magnitude to be dedicated to a person other than a former president of the United States.
Harry Johnson, president of the foundation bringing the project, fifteen years old, said in a statement that "the event will be crucial for those who will be present and for the spectators in the country and the world will see This long-awaited moment in the history of our nation. "
President Obama, first African American elected to the White House, will speak as will be present, in addition to the King family, many personalities of politics or culture as the singer Aretha Franklin or the designer Tommy Hilfiger. Music, poetry readings and speeches punctuate the matinée.
