http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2008-11-22T03:36:15Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Lorraine%20Motel http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/30/183923/137 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/hamptonlandmarks.png" class="imgborder"><p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Hampton%20Hotels"><b>Hamptons Hotels'</b></a> <a href="http://www.hamptonlandmarks.com/RefurbishedLandmarks.aspx">Save a Landmark</a> program isn't just about restoring ginormous cuckoo clocks or 20-foot-tall duck-shaped gift shops. No, there's a serious side to it too.<p>The program has recently enlisted more than 100 of its workers - along with serious star power in the form of actor <b>Samuel L. Jackson</b> - to overhaul the National Civil Rights Museum, in Memphis, Tennessee.<p><p> The Museum celebrates the work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and sits on the former site of the <b>Lorraine Motel</b>, where the civil rights leader was assassinated on April 4, 1968. <p> From new wallpaper and walkways, to displays, landscaping and electrical work, the Museum aims to complete most of the project annie0007 2008-04-01T09:39:13-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/