{"id":1892,"date":"2008-11-05T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T07:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=1892"},"modified":"2008-11-05T03:41:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T07:41:00","slug":"inauguration-day-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2008\/11\/05\/inauguration-day-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Inauguration Day 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/MLK.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Photo taken from https:\/\/www.africawithin.com\/mlking\/mlking.htm\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Something to consider: the Country&#8217;s first African-American, Barack Obama, will be sworn in as President of the United States on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. \u00c2\u00a0The day before, the 19th and a Monday, is celebrated in the United States as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.<\/p>\n<p>For the record, Dr. King&#8217;s birth date\u00c2\u00a0was actually January 15, 1929 which would have made him 80 years old.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/060563-kingpodium.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd at the Scottish Rite in Fort Wayne on June 5, 1963. The University of Saint Francis is hosting a free event, \u201cThe Future of Education,\u201d on June 5, the 50th anniversary of Dr. King\u2019s historic speech, in the USF Performing Arts Center, the former Scottish Rite. Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz will be the keynote speaker. (Photo courtesy the Journal-Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.)\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='a88a869a6811d967fc003a51673505c6' data-image-id=\"11618\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/060563-kingpodium.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/fort-wayne-people\/thumbs\/thumbs_060563-kingpodium.jpg\" data-title=\"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Fort Wayne\" data-description=\"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd at the Scottish Rite in Fort Wayne on June 5, 1963. The University of Saint Francis is hosting a free event, \u201cThe Future of Education,\u201d on June 5, the 50th anniversary of Dr. King\u2019s historic speech, in the USF Performing Arts Center, the former Scottish Rite. Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz will be the keynote speaker. 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