With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, organizers in Washington, D.C. have decided to postpone until September or October the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, the Associated Press reported late Thursday.[1] ...

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STORM DELAYS KING MEMORIAL DEDICATION

Associated Press
August 26, 2011

http://www.stltoday.com/news/national/article_4d09887c-248e-5ad6-a0ce-ad9b84d5d918.html

With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the nation's capital, organizers postponed a planned weekend dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, dashing hopes of paying tribute to the civil rights leader on the 48th anniversary of his "I Have a Dream" speech.

The dedication had been planned for 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Eastern time, and organizers expected as many as 250,000 people to attend.  President Barack Obama was one of the scheduled speakers, and organizers were in the process of setting up a stage and chairs beside the King memorial, which sits on a 4-acre waterfront site in the nation's capital.

Harry Johnson, the president of the foundation that built the memorial, announced at a hastily called news conference Thursday evening that the dedication will be postponed until September or October.