Martin Luther King Memorial Cancelled due to potential Hurricane Irene

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President Obama was also going to speak at the event..

The 30-foot granite statue has been cleaned. Dignitaries from around the world are in town. And the stage and 30,000 folding chairs are in place.

But it has all been in vain, as the foundation building the new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial announced Thursday that the dedication Sunday has been postponed.


Officials seemed to have little choice with Hurricane Irene bearing down on the region.

“I’m really disappointed and hurt, really,” said Harry E. Johnson Sr., chief executive of the memorial foundation. “But the memorial is going to be there forever.”

The dedication will take place in September or October, officials said.

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