Last Updated on Monday, 16 January 2012 19:32 Written by Kevin Kerrigan Monday, 16 January 2012 17:11
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Guam - Guam remembered Martin Luther King Jr. Monday.
The leader of the nation's civil rights movement in the 1960s would have been 83 on Sunday. He was gun-downed in Memphis on April 4th 1968.
During a ceremony this morning at the Agana Shopping Center, Governor Calvo spoke about King's relevance to Guam today. In particular, he brought-up a reference to Guam made in a recent book on First Lady Michelle Obama in which the first lady was characterized as being "like Guam. pleasant but powerless."
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Island schools and both GovGuam and Federal offices resume normal operations Tuesday, following Monday's holiday in honor of the memory of Dr. King.
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