Visitors moved by first look at MLK Jr. memorial

“This is awesome, this is awesome, and he looks so strong standing there,” Kwanzaa Nivens, 36, of Washington said through tears as she stood at the base of the 30-foot-tall granite statue of King on the National Mall.

The memorial, on 4 acres overlooking the Tidal Basin, will be dedicated Sunday. It opened to the public for the first time Monday.

SOURCE: USA Today