Sgt. Alan Saunders with the Washington Hospital Center Special Police gives instructions to the Honor Guard before they lead off the 2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 16, 2012 in Washington, D.C. More than 200 groups signed up to march in the oarade along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast Washington, D.C. This is the first time in eight years that the parade has been held. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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