Fort Knox and U.S. Army Cadet Command will host speaker Austin Wingate and blues singer Marjorie Marshall for this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day Observance at the Saber & Quill, Jan. 16, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Wingate is the deputy director of admissions at American National University and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans and the fraternity to which King himself belonged.
Marshall is the director of the Kentuckiana Blues Society, Inc., and will perform an acapella performance of her "interpretation of the time and instances," according to her, leading to King's assassination.
The Saber & Quill will provide food from the menu of the final meal that was prepared for King prior to his assassination.
The event is open to the public. Where mission permits, Fort Knox supervisors are encouraged to allow their service members and DOD civilian employees to attend. When permission is granted, Saber & Quill will be considered the service member's and employee's place of duty. No leave will be charged for the time.
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