Aretha Franklin speaks to the crowd at the dedication of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. At right Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, and President Barack Obama The memorial opened to visitors before its planned dedication, with visiting hours on August 22â25, 2011.
Kachemak Bay is a 40-mi-long (64 km) arm of Cook Inlet in the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southwest side of the Kenai Peninsula.
The current residents of Kachemak City â all 472 of them according to the 2010 census â werenât the first ones interested in this small stretch of land east of Homer. 1  Russians took a liking to the area more than 200 years ago and set up house near a settlement of Denaâina.