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.
Welcome to the Native Village of Chignik Lagoon! Chignik Lagoon is a very remote Native village located 400 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Pacific Ocean side of the Alaska Peninsula. Chignik Lagoon is one of the three separate Chignik villages. The other two surrounding villages are Chignik Bay, and Chignik Lake. Chignik Lagoon is in the middle of the three villages. The other two are about 15 miles away. Chignik Lagoon took its name from its location and proximity to Chignik, the Aleut word for big wind.. The Chignik area was originally populated by Kanaigmuit Eskimos.