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.
SOUTHWEST. The panorama of Southwest Alaska ranges from the gentle grasslands of the Aleutian Islands to the surreal volcanic landscape of Katmai National Park. In McNeil River State Game Sanctuary up to 2,500 brown bears congregate in the summer to feed on salmon.