From LONG ISLAND – by Ann Parry (ann-parry.com)
January 21, 2014
Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
At yesterday’s program ‘Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,’ the Long Island Children’s Museum had a room full of families with young children eager to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day.
Garden City, New York, U.S. January 20, 2014. L-R, JESSE RIVERA; son JADEN RIVERA, 4; wife ALEXANDRA RIVERA; and son JACOB RIVERA, 5, of Sea Cliff, create artwork of peace at the program ‘Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’ at the Long Island Children’s Museum. (© 2014 Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)
STACEY LEE, LICM’s Outreach Director, presented information about Dr. King’s life, and the children read his famous 1963 speech “I Have a Dream.”
Garden City, NY, U.S. January 20, 2014. STACEY LEE, Outreach Director of Long Island Children’s Museum, presents program ‘Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’ where children also explored Dr. King’s life. (© 2014 Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)
After exploring Dr. King’s life, children then created artworks of peace to celebrate the American official federal holiday Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Garden City, New York, U.S. January 20, 2014. L-R, AIDAN TROPEANO, 6, and his mother DEANNA TROPEANO, 30, of Levittown, create artwork of peace at the program ‘Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’ at the Long Island Children’s Museum. (© 2014 Ann Parry, ann-parry.com)
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Garden City, NY, U.S. January 20, 2014. JAEL CHARLTON reads King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream Speech” at the program ‘Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’ at Long Island Children’s Museum. (© 2014 Ann Parry/ann-parry.com)
FEATURE PHOTO (top of post): Garden City, NY, U.S. Jan. 20, 2014. JAEL CHARLTON, 6, of Freeport, reads King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream Speech” at the program Dreaming with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, at the Long Island Children’s Museum.
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