Gowanus Lounge: Serving Brooklyn

A Note From GL: MLK Day

January 19th, 2009 · No Comments

We rarely go off topic, but today the content we’re putting up for a couple of hours is quite relevant to Brooklyn and to the joy that so many of us feel about the history that will be made tomorrow and the poignancy of watching the Rev. Martin Luther King and celebrating his life today. Had Dr. King not have been martyred and had he live to see his dream realized, he would have been 80 years old on January 15. If you can’t watch these videos and not feel chills or shed tears, we suggest that part of your humanity may be gone. Our hearts grieve that our beloved grandparents who raised us could not live to see this day. Our souls hurt because of the people we have known that have died who are not here to live these two days. We are sad that we cannot share these two days with friends that we have lost over the years and very recently. Yet the joy, in its way, overcomes the sadness of all that and the tears that we shed watching the videos the follow are filled with many emotions. In the meantime, if you would prefer to read about development or to get a fix of snark, click along, there will be none here for a few hours.

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