Article posted: 1/21/2013 6:43 PM

Nation honors MLK Jr. on inauguration day

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Linda Holmes, left, wipes a falling tear off the face of her husband James, as he weeps during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday commemorative service at the Ebenezer Baptist Church Monday in Atlanta.

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Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation's first black president, with many Americans moved by the reminder of how far the country has come since the 1960s.