The battles over the victim's public and private legacy are under way.
While much of the student's fear had lifted, many of the questions over their shared legacy remained.
Labour are already at war over their own economic legacy.
Two opinion polls in Russia found people split over his legacy.
Now the fight over Kerouac's legacy has been renewed.
There are Elvis scholarly conferences, and continuing battles over his legacy.
Debate over his legacy suggests that he still may be today.
Even in retirement, he chooses to stay across the road from the Archive watching over his legacy.
The idea here is that in their strenuous dislike of the President, conservatives are fighting a battle over the 1960's and its legacy.
The road to this weekend's dedication, however, has run through hurdles of all kinds - not unlike the long struggle over King's legacy itself.