Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, Washington, D.C.

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national memorial outdoor sculpture tourist attraction

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. is a national monument honoring the civil rights leader, featuring a towering stone likeness of King and inscriptions of his speeches along the Tidal Basin near the National Mall.

Aliases (1)

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial ×10

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national memorial → outdoor sculpture → tourist attraction →
admissionFee	free →
architect	ROMA Design Group →
artStyle	realism →
authorizedBy	United States Congress →
category	2011 establishments in Washington, D.C. → Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C. → Monuments and memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. → Outdoor sculptures in Washington, D.C. →
commemoratesEvent	American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s →
constructionStartDate	2006 →
country	United States →
dedicated	2011-10-16 →
dedicatedTo	nonviolence → racial equality → social justice →
designer	ROMA Design Group →
governingBody	United States Department of the Interior →
hasAccess	pedestrian pathways →
hasCoordinateSystem	geographic coordinates →
hasInscription	Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches → Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s writings →
hasPart	Inscription Wall → Mountain of Despair sculpture → Stone of Hope sculpture →
hasView	Tidal Basin cherry blossoms →
height	30 feet → 9.1 meters →
honours	Martin Luther King Jr. →
lighting	illuminated at night →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. → West Potomac Park →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
locatedOn	Tidal Basin →
materialUsed	granite →
near	National Mall →
open	year-round →
opened	2011-08-22 →
operator	National Park Service →
partOf	National Mall and Memorial Parks →
sculptor	Lei Yixin →
subjectOf	Stone of Hope quote from "I Have a Dream" speech →
theme	American civil rights movement →
visitorType	public →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") → ROMA Design Group ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	notableWork
Mountain of Despair ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") → Stone of Hope ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	partOf
Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	associatedWith
Stone of Hope ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	commissionedFor
National Mall ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	contains
ROMA Design Group ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	designed
West Potomac Park ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	hasAttraction
U.S. National Memorial ("Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial") →	hasExample
Martin Luther King Jr. →	memorial