U.S. Department of the InteriorOffice of the Secretary - U.S. Department of the Interior - www.doi.gov - Media Advisory
Date: October 29, 2009
Contact: Kendra Barkoff (202) 208-5338

Secretary Salazar and Others to Hold Press Conference to Make Major Announcement at Proposed Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join Christine King Ferris, Dr. Martin Luther King’s sister; Harry E. Johnson Sr., President and CEO, Memorial Foundation; EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson; Members of the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses and others for a press conference at the site of the proposed Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial on Oct. 29 at 1 p.m. EDT.

Who: Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Christine King Ferris, Dr. Martin Luther King’s sister
Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator
Harry E. Johnson Sr., President and CEO, Memorial Foundation
Congressman John Lewis
Congressman James Clyburn
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee
Other members of the Black and Hispanic Caucuses
What: Press Conference.
When: 1 p.m. EDT, October 29, 2009
Where: Site of proposed Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial
West Basin Drive near Independence Avenue
Follow signs to F.D.R. Memorial, left on Ohio Drive, left on West Basin Drive
Metered parking is available on West Basin Drive
 
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