Officials broke ground for what will be the memorial on the national mall honouringRev. Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. 略=Reverend=《宗教》師、牧師 mall =ショッピングモール[センター]、商店街、(木陰のある)散歩道
That brief moment said everything about how much time has passed. 出席者の中には演説の途中で、言葉に詰まる人も。
Ground breaking, they called this today, appropriately, when you consider the life being honoured.