Talk:Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is within the scope of the following WikiProjects:

WikiProject District of Columbia      (Rated Start-Class) This article is supported by the District of Columbia WikiProject. This project provides a central approach to District of Columbia-related subjects on Wikipedia. Please participate by editing the article, and help us assess and improve articles to good and 1.0 standards, or visit the wikiproject page for more details. Start This article has been rated as Start-Class on the Project's quality scale. (If you rated the article please give a short summary at comments to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses.) WikiProject Protected areas This article is part of WikiProject Protected Areas, a WikiProject related to national parks and other protected areas worldwide. It may include the protected area infobox. National Register of Historic Places WikiProject (Rated start-Class) This article is within the scope of the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject, a collaborative effort to improve Wikipedia's coverage of listings on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Start This article has been rated as start-Class on the assessment scale.

Contents 1 Proper designation for proposed memorial 2 Infobox / 3rd non-presidential memorial on the mall 3 Matching Grant by Congress? 4 Sculptor 5 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Proper designation for proposed memorial

Although the foundation refers to the proposed memorial as a "national memorial", that exact phrasing does not seem to be finalized yet, in terms of congressional authorization. The initial legislation (Public Law 104-333) does not use the term "national memorial." [1]. Currently, neither does the National Park Service. [2] They call it the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, similar to other sites or the Mall, such as the "Lincoln Memorial", "Thomas Jefferson Memorial", "George Mason Memorial", et cetera.

This, of course, may change with final Congressional authorization. However, the designation means little in terms of how it is administered, nor in the honor conferred. But this may require this wikipedia article to be renamed in the future. — Eoghanacht ^talk 16:36, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Infobox / 3rd non-presidential memorial on the mall

As a proposed memorial, much of the infobox is blank. The lat/long is based on a "best guess" given the recommended location. Also, I changed the reference from "second non-President so honored" to "third." See: John Ericsson National Memorial and George Mason Memorial. — Eoghanacht ^talk 15:10, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Matching Grant by Congress?

Doing some readings from article, it is stated that there were matching grants given by Congress. The link provided on the reference states that "c) Payment of Expenses.--The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity shall be solely responsible for acceptance of contributions for, and payment of the expenses of, the establishment of the memorial. No Federal funds may be used to pay any expense of the establishment of the memorial." [3] Do you have any citations for the matching grants?

Alright the website here states that up to 10 million dollars in matching grants has been authorized by Congress. A notation should be make http://www.mlkmemorial.org/site/c.hkIUL9MVJxE/b.1304209/k.CC8D/Federal_Appropriations_Match.htm

[edit] Sculptor

shouldn't there be a bit about the controversy of having a chinese guy being the sculptor for this? Skhatri2005 03:59, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 15:52, 9 November 2007 (UTC)