Events Set To Honor King Holiday - News- msnbc.com: WASHINGTON - Events are set across the D.C. area to honor slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King. On Monday at the Lincoln Memorial, students from the District's Watkins Elementary School will recite his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.
President George W. Bush plans to visit the King Memorial Library in Northwest Washington to mark the holiday.
The federal government is closed Monday in observance of King's birthday. There will be no mail delivery and schools and banks across the area are closed.
