Pic Tweet from the National Park Service: Beautiful photo of the exact spot Dr. King delivered his “I Have a Dream speech” 50 years ago today. #MLKdream50 pic.twitter.com/MHwWsY7Hwp
Nice photo from the Lincoln Memorial looking toward the Washington Monument across the length of the Reflecting Pool.
This photo was taken at least several months ago, before the scaffolding went up on the Washington Monument for repairs for damage from the 2011 earthquake. It’s a winter or fall picture, I’m guessing from the bare trees, and taken early in the morning, as the sun rises in the east over the Capitol and Washington Monument. That is one of the best times to be at the Lincoln Memorial, in my experience. The man in the photo has the historic spot very much to himself at that time.
Engraving on the stone says:
I HAVE A DREAM
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON
FOR JOBS AND FREEDOM
AUGUST 28, 1963
More:
- The Lincoln Memorial and Its Importance on this Day in History (forksandpassports.wordpress.com)
- The 1963 March on Washington and MLK’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech 50 years later (photos) (photos.oregonlive.com)
- Photos: Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech and the March on Washington (photos.denverpost.com)
- AP PHOTOS: Remembering March on Washington (sfgate.com)
- 50 years later, thousands gather in Washington – Boston.com (boston.com)
- Picture Archive: March on Washington, 1963 (news.nationalgeographic.com)
- Washington Monument (inducedchaos.com)
- WATCH: People Who Marched On Washington 50 Years Ago Reflect On MLK’s Legacy (huffingtonpost.com)
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 
The irony:
“jobs and freedom”
To demand someone must give you a job destroys the very freedom so demanded.
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