Obama's Plans For Martin Luther King's Birthday

President-elect Barack Obama will observeMartin Luther King's birthday by working on a volunteer serviceproject. And he will attend three tribute dinners.

By: Associated Press | WSAV News 3
Published: January 19, 2009

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President-elect Barack Obama will observe
Martin Luther King's birthday by working on a volunteer service
project. And he will attend three tribute dinners.
The president-elect, Michelle Obama, Vice-President-elect Joe
Biden and Biden's wife Jill all plan to join service projects
today, making the slain civil rights leader's birthday a day on,
not off.
Later, Obama will make appearances at dinners honoring Biden,
former Secretary of State Colin Powell and John McCain, the man he
defeated last November.
At yesterday's Lincoln Memorial gala, Obama said America's
problems are so grave it needs all its people's hands turned to the
wheel. The vast crowd heard Obama say there is no obstacle that can
stand in the way of millions of voices calling for change.