WASHINGTON, D.C. – It was a quiet, but discomforting holiday for those living in or visiting the nation’s capital on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The King Memorial was closed, and barricades lined Black Lives Matter Plaza in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration. In addition to beefed-up security, COVID-19 also forced many planned MLK Day celebrations to be called off or held virtually. A couple of portraits of King were plastered onto the side of the AFL-CIO building in Black Lives Matter Plaza, but no other signs of the holiday could be spotted downtown Monday morning. (Source: USA TODAY 01/18/21) 'It hurts my heart': MLK Day in DC subdued with King Memorial closed, city locked down (msn.com)
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