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Remarks - District of Columbia Day Ceremonies

 
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ТИК DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WASHINGTON. D.C. 2U0U-I MARION HARRY. JR. REMARKS OF MAYOR MARION BARRY JR. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAY CEREMONIES THE KENNEDY CENTER WASHINGTON, D.C. • TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1988 WELCOME TO OUR CELEBRATION OF DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAY. I HAVE INVITED MORE THAN 500 YOUNG PEOPLE TO JOIN US HERE TODAY FROM SCHOOLS ACROSS THE DISTRICT. THEY ARE HERE NOT ONLY TO LISTEN TO MY STATE OF THE DISTRICT ADDRESS. THEY ARE ALSO HERE TO INDICATE THAT WE LOVE THEM, WE VALUE THEM AND WE WANT THEM TO SUCCEED. THEY REPRESENT THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY, AND OUR NATION. EVERY LEADER SHOULD HAVE PRINCIPLES, PRIORITIES PERSPECTIVES, PROGRAMS AND, MOST IMPORTANT, VISIONS. TODAY, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU MY VISION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE DISTRICT DOESN’T BELONG TO ME, OR TO THE BARRY ADMINISTRATION, OR TO THE ADULTS IN THE AUDIENCE. IT BELONGS TO ALL OF US. THE KIND OF CITY WE LEAVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WILL BE THE TEST OF OUR LEADERSHIP AND OUR FOLLOWERSHIP. WE MEET IN A BUILDING DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF- JOHN F. KENNEDY, WHO OVER 25 YEARS AGO DESCRIBED HIS LEADERSHIP "NOT AS A SET OF PROMISES, [BUT] AS A SET OF CHALLENGES." AND IT WAS HIS BROTHER, ROBERT KENNEDY, WHO LOOKED INTO THE FUTURE 20 YEARS AGO AND WARNED, "A REVOLUTION IS COMING." IT WAS HE WHO CHALLENGED US TO FIND THE WISDOM AND COMPASSION TO MAKE IT A PEACEFUL, CARING ONE. WE MEET ALMOST 20 YEARS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THAT REVOLUTION. IT WAS HE WHO BEGGED US TO LOOK BEYOND THE "ISNESS" OF HUMANITY AND REACH UP FOR THE "OUGHTNESS" THAT FOREVER CONFRONTS US. WE MEET 23 YEARS AFTER THE MURDER OF MALCOLM X. IT WAS MALCOLM X WHO CALLED ON US TO FREE OUR MINDS, AND WHO CHALLENGED YOUNG PEOPLE TO LEARN "HOW TO SEE FOR YOURSELF, LISTEN FOR YOURSELF AND THINK FOR YOURSELF AND BE YOURSELF."
Title
Remarks - District of Columbia Day Ceremonies
Date
January 26 1988
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