Forty-five years ago today Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke on the National mall in Washington. That day he changed the course of history. It was on August 28, 1963 that Dr. King eloquently delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. It is a truly important day that will be remembered throughout history with Dr. King’s Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’”

Just a few steps from where Dr. King gave that famous speech at the Lincoln Memorial is where the Memorial to honor the life and legacy of Dr. King will be built. The approved site creates a visual “line of leadership” from the Lincoln Memorial to the Jefferson Memorial.

On this 45th anniversary of the March on Washington, how will you remember Dr. King and the contributions he made to this great nation?

“Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children,” declared Dr. King.

Representative John Lewis (D-GA), who also spoke at the March on Washington, will honor King tonight at the Democratic Convention in Denver.