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Witness the construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Witness the construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Time-lapse video of the building of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., from 2009 to 2011.
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