IT COMES ON THE EVE AS THE
STATE IS SET TO MARK 20 YEARS
SINCE IT RECOGNIZED MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR. DAY">
    SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN
WAS AMONG THE SPEAKERS AT
SUNDAY NIGHT'S MARTIN
LUTHER KING JUNIOR
INTERFAITH SERVICE.
    SHE WAS GOVERNOR OF NEW
HAMPSHIRE WHEN STATE
LEGISLATORS VOTED TO
RECOGNIZE MARTIN LUTHER
KING JUNIOR DAY AS HOLIDAY
STARTING IN 2000.
<CLIP:2477 :23;38-:23;48
"IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING.
AND I THINK TODAY, IT'S A
MEMORY OF EVERYTHING THAT
LEGISLATION STANDS FOR. OF
OPENING DOORS OF
OPPORTUNITY.">
<CLIP:2522 :44;26-:44;28
"GLORY GLORY
HALLELUJAH.">
    THROUGH SONG AND
PRAYER-- PEOPLE OF ALL
RELIGIONS GATHERED IN
TRIBUTE OF DR. KING.


<CLIP:2475 :20;25-:20;31
"I FELT VERY MUCH IN AWE
BEING IN HIS PRESENCE.
TRULY A MODERN-DAY
PROPHET.">
    RABBI IRA KORINOW MET DR.
KING WHEN HE WAS A SOPHOMORE
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
    IT'S A CONVERSATION HE
SAYS HE'LL NEVER FORGET.

    A MESSAGE PEOPLE HERE VOW
TO CONTINUE FOR
GENERATIONS TO COME.

<CLIP:2527 :49;31-:49;48
"AND TOMORROW IS
CONSIDERED A DAY OF SERVICE
IN HONOR OF DR. KING. THERE
ARE SEVERAL OTHER EVENTS
PLANNED ACROSS THE STATE
INCLUDING IN MANCHESTER
HOLLIS AND MORE ARE PLANNED
HERE IN PORTSMOU
