(BLACK PR WIRE) Washington, D.C. (November 23, 2010) – On Wednesday, December 1, the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. will for the first time invite members of the media to take a hard hat tour of the Memorial construction site. The Memorial is 50 percent completed and the dedication ceremony is scheduled to take place on August 28, 2011. To date, the Memorial Foundation has raised $108 million of the needed $120 million to complete the project.

WHAT: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Media Hard Hat Tour

WHEN: Wednesday, December 1, 2010
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

WHO: Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President and CEO, Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.

WHERE: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial on National Mall
Follow signs to the F.D.R. Memorial
Parking on Ohio Drive and West Basin Drive

Press Notes: This event is open to credentialed press. To RSVP, please contact Ellen Rodman at erodman2@yahoo.com. For more information about the Memorial, please visit www.buildthedream.org.