Kennedy 's assassination , Martin Luther King Jr. 's `` I Have a Dream '' speech marked 1963 . Fifty years later , 2013 offered an opportunity to revisit those events . But in the days and weeks afterward , the nation mourned together . The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington was celebrated in many ways - from the massive crowds that gathered at the Lincoln Memorial and marched through downtown D.C. ; to the speeches delivered by President Obama, First Lady
Kennedy 's assassination , Martin Luther King Jr. 's `` I Have a Dream '' speech marked 1963 . Fifty years later , 2013 offered an opportunity to revisit those events . The 50th anniversary of the March on Washington was celebrated in many ways - from the massive crowds that gathered at the Lincoln Memorial and marched through downtown D.C. ; to the speeches delivered by President Obama, First Lady