MLK Day inspires residents, volunteers

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Hundreds of Washington-area residents and tourists congregated on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., while thousands more celebrated MLK Day through volunteerism.

“We came to observe Martin Luther King’s holiday and honor him by being here with the whole family,” said Tsehave Henok, 50, an Alexandria resident who immigrated to the United States from East Africa in the 1980s.

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