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SUBJ: 2005 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE//
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SUBJ/2005 DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS OUR GREAT NATION HAS
REMEMBERED AND HONORED THE TREMENDOUS ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SACRIFICES
OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WITH AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY OBSERVANCE.
THIS YEARS OBSERVANCE WILL BE HELD 17 JAN 05, AND THE THEME IS
"REMEMBER! CELEBRATE! ACT! A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF!"
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2.  MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING, DR. KING S WIFE, DESCRIBES THE MEANING
OF THE HOLIDAY, "THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY CELEBRATES THE LIFE
AND LEGACY OF A MAN WHO BROUGHT HOPE AND HEALING TO AMERICA.  WE
COMMEMORATE THE TIMELESS VALUES HE TAUGHT US THROUGH HIS EXAMPLE --
THE VALUES OF COURAGE, TRUTH, JUSTICE, COMPASSION, DIGNITY, HUMILITY
AND SERVICE THAT SO RADIANTLY DEFINED DR. KING S CHARACTER AND
EMPOWERED HIS LEADERSHIP.  ON THIS HOLIDAY, WE COMMEMORATE THE
UNIVERSAL, UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, FORGIVENESS AND NONVIOLENCE THAT
EMPOWERED HIS REVOLUTIONARY SPIRIT."
3.  WE COMMEMORATE DR. KING S BECAUSE HIS VOICE AND HIS VISION
FILLED A GREAT VOID IN OUR NATION AND ANSWERED OUR COLLECTIVE
LONGING TO BECOME A COUNTRY THAT TRULY LIVED BY ITS NOBLEST
PRINCIPLES.  YET, DR. KING KNEW THAT IT WAS NOT ENOUGH JUST TO
TALK-THE-TALK, THAT HE HAD TO WALK-THE-WALK FOR HIS WORDS TO BE
CREDIBLE.  AND SO WE COMMEMORATE THE MAN OF ACTION, WHO PUT HIS LIFE
ON THE LINE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE EVERY DAY, THE MAN WHO BRAVED
THREATS AND JAIL AND BEATINGS AND WHO ULTIMATELY PAID THE HIGHEST
PRICE TO MAKE DEMOCRACY A REALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS.
4.  IT IS A DAY OF INTERRACIAL AND INTERCULTURAL COOPERATION AND
SHARING.  REGARDLESS OF YOUR RACE OR NATIONAL ORIGIN, YOU ARE PART
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OF THE GREAT DREAM DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HAD FOR AMERICA.  IT
IS A PEOPLES' HOLIDAY.
5.  ALL HANDS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO COMMEMORATE THE MARTIN
LUTHER KING HOLIDAY CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT MISSION COMMITMENTS AND
AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
6.  FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.PERSNET.NAVY.MIL/
PERS00H/OBSERVANCES.HTML OR WWW.THEKINGCENTER.COM.
7.  POC:  LT BURRELL AT (901) 874-3881/DSN 882, EMAIL:
JEFF.BURRELL@NAVY.MIL.
8. RELEASED BY W. SCOTT SLOCUM, N1 ACTING.//
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