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.
Kachemak is located at 59Â°40â²24â³N 151Â°25â²59â³W / 59.67333Â°N 151.43306Â°W / 59.67333; -151.43306 (59.673395, -151.433170). The city lies just east of Homer on the north side of Kachemak Bay in south central Alaska. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 431 people, 169 households, and 107 families residing in the city.