A visual reminder

As we ride toward Washington, school leaders are playing a video to put the day in perspective.

January 20, 2009 at 9:37AM

We're rolling through Wilmington, Delaware. Except for some bursts of applause, the bus is silent now. Everyone's eyes are fixed on the video screens showing excerpts of rousing speeches: MLK's "I have a dream" speech and Obama's election night speech in Chicago's Grant Park.
We just passed an exit for a road named after Martin Luther King Jr.

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