N.H. Democratic Party: Weatherspoon - 20 Years Honoring Dr. King in NH
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Jan. 21 -- The New Hampshire Democratic Party issued the following news release:
On the twentieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in New Hampshire, the Honorable Jacquelyne K. Weatherspoon recounts the decades-long fight to establish the state holiday, which then-Governor Jeanne Shaheen signed into law in 1999. Weatherspoon points to the leadership of Shaheen, the late Reverend Dr. Arthur Hilson, and many others as essential to the state's efforts . . .
On the twentieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in New Hampshire, the Honorable Jacquelyne K. Weatherspoon recounts the decades-long fight to establish the state holiday, which then-Governor Jeanne Shaheen signed into law in 1999. Weatherspoon points to the leadership of Shaheen, the late Reverend Dr. Arthur Hilson, and many others as essential to the state's efforts . . .