{"id":3284,"date":"2011-08-28T00:27:16","date_gmt":"2011-08-27T23:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardlittledale.wordpress.com\/?p=3284"},"modified":"2011-08-28T00:27:16","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T23:27:16","slug":"stone-of-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/2011\/08\/28\/stone-of-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Stone of hope"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>A new memorial graces Washington DC<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today (hurricane Irene permitting) 48 years after he delivered his momentous &#8216;I have a dream&#8217; speech, a memorial to Martin Luther King Jnr will be officially unveiled overlooking a peaceful stretch of water in Washington DC. The statue will stand in a direct line between the Lincoln and Jefferson memorials, overlooking the Tidal Basin. The location, of course, is deliberate. \u00a0It represents Martin Luther King&#8217;s key place in the development of America&#8217;s self-understanding.<\/p>\n<p>The memorial stands higher than either of those flanking it, at a massive 30 feet high. \u00a0As if pushed forward from the rough stone either side, King himself emerges from the &#8216;mountain of despair&#8217;. \u00a0To ensure that visitors understand the connection his own words from his most famous speech are etched on the stone:<em>with this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 373px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/mlk-memorial-1.jpg\" width=\"363\" height=\"247\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: history.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is no doubt at all that the memorial is both deserved and impressive. However, as a wordsmith constantly in awe of Dr King&#8217;s ability to instruct,\u00a0inspire\u00a0and challenge through words alone I can&#8217;t help but feel that it is a somewhat \u00a0pale imitation. The lines etched by his words on many a heart will outlast those etched by any stonemason, surely?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new memorial graces Washington DC Today (hurricane Irene permitting) 48 years after he delivered his momentous &#8216;I have a dream&#8217; speech, a memorial to Martin Luther King Jnr will be officially unveiled overlooking a peaceful stretch of water in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/2011\/08\/28\/stone-of-hope\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[25,95,100],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}