Martin Luther King Jr. On the Washington Mall (Photos)

Photo by Danielle Belton

A month before the monument opened, The Snob got the chance to check out a preview of the statue dedicated last week to slain Civil Rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. King is the first American who was not a former president to be honored with a monument on the mall. Inspired by line in a King speech, the monument consists of a "mountain of despair" with King emerging from "the stone of hope." As a history nerd, I was pretty moved. (It honestly doesn't take much for me. I sometimes get emotional over seeing the Capitol building at night.) Have you had a chance to check out the monument yet? It opened to the public for the first time -- amidst a freak earthquake, and later, a hurricane -- last week.

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[lamh34]

Snob, what say you to people who have been less than thrilled with the statue? I've heard from other who have seen the monument, that the pictures don't really do it justice. If I remember correctly, the Vietnam memorial had some controversy as well. Now years later, everyone remarks how great it is.