BGuthrie Photos: DC -- The Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway opening ceremony

DC -- The Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway opening ceremony:

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Description of Pictures: At a time when Americans are stepping forward with contributions and volunteer time to assist Gulf coast hurricane victims, the Points of Light Foundation will formally dedicate the Extra Mile – Points of Light Volunteer Pathway, a mile-long pathway of bronze medallions only blocks from the White House. The Extra Mile will ultimately honor up to 70 Americans who dedicated their lives to building service-oriented movements that have benefited American society. Among the initial 20 honorees are Martin Luther King, Jr., Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Frederick Douglass, Cesar Chavez and Clara Barton.

The opening presentation included an appearance by Former President and Mrs. Bush, Eunice Kennedy Shriver (created the Special Olympics), Millard and Linda Fuller (created Habitat for Humanity), and Cokie Roberts (Political Commentator and Member of President's Council on Service and Civic Participation),

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. XMILEC_051014_063.JPG: The guy on the right is Robert K. Goodwin, President & CEO of the Points of Light Foundation.
2. XMILEC_051014_066.JPG: Former President George Bush
3. XMILEC_051014_069.JPG: Former President George H.W. Bush, seen here @ the dedication ceremony for the Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway project back in 2005, passed on November 30, 2018.
4. XMILEC_051014_090.JPG: Cokie Roberts with Barbara Bush @ the dedication ceremony for the Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway project.
5. XMILEC_051014_092.JPG: They're unveiling the opening plaque although they already had a number of the expected 70 plaques already placed.
6. XMILEC_051014_116.JPG: The wind was pretty intense this day. That's Eunice Shriver coming up.
7. XMILEC_051014_181.JPG: These are Millard and Linda Fuller who created Habitat for Humanity. They said that when the house was turned over to the recipient, they gave the new owner the deed and a Bible.
8. XMILEC_051014_262.JPG: There were a number of Scientology volunteers around, which was disturbing in and of itself.
9. XMILEC_051014_272.JPG: Eunice Shriver @ the dedication ceremony for the Extra Mile Points of Light Volunteer Pathway project.
10. XMILEC_051014_293.JPG: Eunice Shriver with Timothy P. Shriver, president and CEO of Special Olympics.
Wikipedia Description: The Extra Mile
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The Extra Mile - Points of Light Volunteer Pathway is a national monument installed in the sidewalks of Washington D.C.. It is located along 15th Street and G Street. The honorees of the monument are people who "through their caring and personal sacrifice, reached out to others, building their dreams into movements that helped people across America and throughout the world". Each honoree has a custom-made bronze medallion installed along the path. It currently has 20 such monuments, but there are plans to extend it down to 11th Street and back up F Street so it forms a mile-long pathway of 70 medallions. The monument was dedicated on October 14, 2005 in a ceremony attended by George H.W. Bush and Laura Bush.

Included Persons:

* Edgar Allen - Founder, Easter Seals
* Clara Barton - Founder, American Red Cross
* Ballington & Maud Booth - Founder, Volunteers of America
* William D. Boyce - Founder, Boy Scouts of America
* Cesar Chavez - Co-founder, United Farm Workers of America
* Ernest Kent Coulter - Founder, Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America
* Frederick Douglass - Abolitionist
* Millard & Linda Fuller - Founder and co-founder, Habitat for Humanity
* Charlotte & Luther Gulick - Founder, Camp Fire USA
* William Edwin Hall - Founder, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
* Paul Harris - Founder, Rotary International
* Edgar J. Helms - Founder, Goodwill Industries
* Melvin Jones - Founder, International Association of Lions Clubs
* Helen Keller - Founder, American Foundation for the Blind
* Martin Luther King, Jr - Civil Rights Leader
* Juliette Gordon Low - Founder, Girl Scouts of America
* Mary White Ovington/W.E.B. Dubois - Founders, NAACP
* Eunice Kennedy Shriver - Founder, Special Olympics
* Harriet Tubman - Leader of Underground Railroad Effort to Free Slaves
* Booker T. Washington - Civil Rights Leader

Additional Honorees (Their medallions will be installed in additional ceremonies):

* Jane Addams - Founder, Hull House
* Susan B. Anthony - Suffragist
* Roger Baldwin - Founder, American Civil Liberties Union
* Ida Wells-Barnett - Leader of the Anti-Lynching Movement
* Clifford Beers - Founder of the Modern Mental Healthcare Movement
* Wallace Campbell - Founder, CARE
* Rachel Carson - Environmentalist
* Dorothea Dix - Advocate of the Reform of Institutions for the Mentally Ill
* Samuel Gompers - Founder, American Federation of Labor
* John Muir - Conservationist
* Robert Smith/William Wilson - Co-Founders, Alcoholics Anonymous
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