(WASHINGTON, DC)  The Department of Public Works (DPW) joined Simpson-Hamline United Methodist Church to honor the city’s sanitation employees in memory of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while working with sanitation workers in Memphis 50 years ago. The April 6 event marked the 18th year Simpson-Hamline’s pastor, congregation and friends have joined together to host a luncheon honoring the DPW employees who collect trash and recycling, clean the streets and alleys and enforce sanitation regulations.