Wednesday, March 17, 2004

Arcata Airport

On the second level there is a wall displaying reproductions of historical documents and speeches in American history: the Bill of Rights, the Gettysburg Address handwritten by Lincoln, the German surrender of World War II.

In the lower left corner of this display, there is a much smaller plaque, far less conspicuous than all the rest. It's Martin Luther King's entire "I Have a Dream" speech, squeezed in tiny font onto a 8 1/2" x 11" plaque. I had to crouch down and put my face real close to read it. The only other plaque as small is a reproduction of the Women's Suffrage Amendment.

(excerpt from journal, May 24, 2003)

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