Today's inaugural may be President Barack Obama's big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities.

A quirk in the calendar pushed Obama's public swearing-in onto the national holiday honoring the slain civil rightsleader, and inaugural planners have taken pains to acknowledge that fact. 

Spokane honors Martin Luthern King Jr. today with the annual Unity March in downtown Spokane.  The March celebrating civil rights begins at 10 a.m. and ends at River Park Square where a resource fair takes place from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 

If you are headed downtown for anything today, parking meters are free. And a reminder that government offices are closed to observe the holiday, including the Spokane County Courthouse, Spokane City Hall, and Spokane public libraries.