A day of service for Dr. King Jan 21, 2019

A day of service for Dr. King

This statue is ‘Stone of Hope,’ part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial that opened in 2011 in West Potomac Park, Washington, DC. The title of the 30-foot granite sculpture comes from a line in King"s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech: ‘Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.’ Across the country today, volunteers will spend their day giving back in honor of Dr. King. His birthday was made a federal holiday in 1983, and in 1994 Congress designated the event as a national day of service, inviting citizens to observe the holiday by improving their communities.

© Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images News/License granted by Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta, Georgia, as exclusive licensor of the King Estate

palette

Today in History

Jan 21, 2018Red squirrel in Cairngorms National Park, Scotland
Jan 21, 2020Observing a squirrelly day
Jan 21, 2021The tale of squirrels like Nutkin
Jan 21, 2022National Hug Day
Jan 21, 2023Kangaroo family for National Hugging Day
Jan 21, 2024Squirrel Appreciation Day
Jan 21, 2025Squirrel Appreciation Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Feb 24, 2021Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
May 22, 2018Happy birthday to Crater Lake National Park
Jun 13, 2019A unique elephant encounter in Nantes
Sep 14, 2023Przewalskis horses, Hustai National Park, Mongolia
Apr 28, 2022Fox kits
Sep 7, 2021Whale hello there!
Dec 24, 2018The birthplace of a classic Christmas carol
Feb 12, 2021The cycle begins anew
Aug 16, 2018Keep your hands inside the ride at all times…
Oct 25, 2022 Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
Jan 11, 2023Umschreibung by Olafur Eliasson in Munich
Jan 9, 2020Into the woods
May 5, 2021The birthplace of Cinco de Mayo
Apr 20, 2020In the Garden of Europe
May 25, 2021An improbable tribute for Towel Day
Feb 1, 2019‘Stepping’ into Black History Month
Jan 29, 2022Brain coral
Jan 7, 2022Nazaré Lighthouse
Aug 3, 2020The monsoon arrives in the desert
Sep 8, 2018It’s oh so quiet
Feb 17, 2023Great Backyard Bird Count
Dec 6, 2021Computer Science EDU Week
Nov 28, 2019Wild turkeys in repose
Mar 17, 2020It s a good day to be green
Jul 28, 2018Defying gravity on a swing ride
Mar 31, 2019Celebrating a Paris landmark
Mar 17, 2019St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland
Aug 25, 2020Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
Dec 13, 2019Taking the scenic route
Dec 29, 2020Where the glow of the holidays lingers