M.L.K. Masonic Lodge Restored and Added to National Park

The Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge in Atlanta, where Dr. King wrote speeches and mapped civil rights strategy, has been restored and added to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park. The building now has a new roof, old wiring has been replaced, and the first-floor office—remembered by Dr.

King’s children—has been painted the precise pistachio shade it once was; that space will soon be open to the public. Park officials said the addition helps fill a gap in depicting the activism that defined Dr. King’s life. “This really gives a full reflection of who Martin Luther King Jr.

was,” said Martin Luther King III. Still, some expressed concern about the Trump administration’s effort to promote a more positive portrayal of America’s past: the Park Service dismantled an exhibit in Philadelphia on George Washington’s treatment of enslaved people, removed an L.G.B.T.Q.

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