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Photos, video: MLK holiday celebrated with march, music in Wiesbaden
Stars and Stripes
January 17, 2013
Marchers walk along the streets of Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany, Thursday, marking the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. About 100 people took part in the march, while about 100 more attended the following ceremony. Monday will mark the 28th time the holiday will be observed. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Marchers walk along the streets of Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany, Thursday, marking the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. About 100 people took part in the march, while about 100 more attended the following ceremony. Monday will mark the 28th time the holiday will be observed. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
At the Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden commander Col. David Carstens, along with Cynthia Alvarado with her daughter Maddison, look at posters about King made by Hainerberg Elementart School students. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Chastity Hinson sings a selection of songs at Wiesbaden's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration Thursday. The holiday will be observed on Monday. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Atendees at the Wiesbaden Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration pray during the invocation. Around 200 people attended the event Thursday. The holiday will be observed on Monday. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
Sgt. 1st Class Kevin White recites Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a Dream" speech at the Wiesbaden event marking the civil rights leader's birthday. The holiday will be observed on Monday. (Michael Abrams/Stars and Stripes)
WIESBADEN, Germany — Nearly 100 marchers walked along the streets of Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Thursday to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
About 100 more attended the following ceremony, which featured music and a recitation of King’s “I had a Dream” speech. Guest speaker was U.S. Army Europe’s Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Sean Rice. Monday will mark the 28th time the holiday will be observed.