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Today was the celebration and commemoration of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s day of service.  We went to Marvin Gaye Park in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Washington D.C. As we went down the street I saw half burnt down houses with boarded-up windows. Across the street I saw an abandoned gas station and homeless people sleeping everywhere. So we helped the community clean up a neighborhood park. Marvin Gaye Park used to be called “Needle” park because people would do drugs there and leave their needles lying around. We mostly did some raking because all the leaves had fallen from the trees due to winter. After we helped out for about an hour we then left to the Mandarin Hotel and hung out with John Mellencamp’s sons Hud and Spek. Then, Harrison and I went with Richard to the Capitol to check out the inaugural set up. But otherwise the day was pretty chill.