South King Fire & Rescue and the Cities of Federal Way and Des Moines, WA hosted a dawn 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at Celebration Park in Federal Way on Sunday Morning, September 11.

Visit our sister site The Waterland Blog to view the photo feature from today’s event.

Thousands of MLK Day celebrants strolled through Seattle’s streets Monday afternoon. Following a route from Garfield High School down to the Federal Building at 2nd Avenue and Madison Street, marchers carried signs and chanted for equality and justice.

Prior to the march, a rally was held in Garfield’s gymnasium. The rally featured performances by the Leschi Elementary Choir, El Centro Children’s Choir and the PNW Drum line. Keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Robert Jeffrey Sr. delivered a powerful speech, bringing the audience to their feet and motivating them for the long march.

Below are scenes from both the rally and march, accompanied by an audio compilation from the day. Enjoy, and be sure to turn up your speakers.

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Professional actress and Chautauqua scholar Joan Wolfberg will take audience members on Eleanor’s transformative journey from a shy, awkward childhood, to the White House, and later to the United Nations. Roosevelt emerged as one of the most influential civil rights advocates of the 20th century.

Wolfberg’s presentation includes discussions of evolving attitudes toward the equality of women, civil rights, human rights, politics and freedom. This program is suitable for middle school students and up. It is made possible with the sponsorship of Humanities Washington and its Inquiring Mind program.

The presentation takes place at SeaTac City Hall, 4800 S 188th Street, in SeaTac. Free admission and free parking. (Donations always welcome.)

Visit www.highlinehistory.org for more information about the Highline Historical Society.

What do you put in a centennial time capsule? Come find out what the City of Tukwila did at a special Centennial Time Capsule Ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 12th beginning at Noon.

Here are the details:

WHAT: Tukwila Centennial Time Capsule Ceremony

WHEN: Saturday, September 12th at 12:00 PM

WHERE: Tukwila City Hall, located at 6200 Southcenter Blvd.

INFO: Please join Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton and the Delta White Center Masonic Lodge for a ceremony celebrating the burial of the Tukwila Centennial Time Capsule.

For more information either build a time machine and open the capsule in 100 years, or contact the City of Tukwila’s City Clerk’s Office at 206-433-1800.

The slideshow above is just a taste of what you’ll see at the Tukwila Historical Society’s Historic Homes & Buildings Tour from 10am – 4pm this Saturday, August 23rd.

Tickets are still available at the Tukwila Community Center, located at 12424 42nd Ave South in Tukwila.

Participants will have the option of viewing the homes on the tour by taking a self-guided tour in their own vehicle for $5, or by taking an escorted guided tour by shuttle bus for $12. Reduced fares of $10 will be offered for Seniors 65 and over, $7 for children and maximum cost of $25 per family.

Tour participants will be given a brochure with map and brief summary of each historical site.

For additional information, please contact Kathy Hougardy at (206) 244-5023 or Joan Hernandez (206) 248-0260.

The time capsule was made of a galvanized trash can sealed with duct tape.

In order to get into the garbage can capsule, the tape had to be cut off.

And what was the most significant item (in our humble opinion) found within?

A bumper sticker that read:

“Tukwila: next to the largest city in Washington.”

My, how times have changed…

Full Seattle Times story here.

The festivities surrounding the two weeks of soccer play include:

• Dancing
• Art exhibits
• Family activities
• Music
• Soccer
• And more

Here’s the tournament schedule:

Wednesday, June 18th

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You’re also invited to attend the City Council meeting at City Hall at 7pm and continue the festivities with city officials, cake, punch and coffee (although we recommend not eating the city officials).

There will be a special proclamation to honor the occasion too!

WHAT: Tukwila’s 100th Birthday

WHEN: June 23rd, 11am-1pm then again at 7pm

WHERE: Tukwila Costco, City Hall

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World War II ended before this group saw action, but some of them were involved in the opening skirmish of the Civil Rights Movement.

On Saturday, May 24th, from 2pm to 3:30pm at the Museum of Flight, you’re invited to meet and hear stories from some of the men who flew with the 477th Bombardment Group out of Freeman Field, Indiana, including Leslie Williams, Fitzroy Newsum, Lt. Roger “Bill” Terry and Robert Maxwell.

Program is free with Museum Admission.