Signs at the Coliseum give instructions in English and Burmese. Fort Wayne has one of the nation’s largest Burmese communities.

With a video screen carrying an English translation above her, Burmese democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks at Memorial Coliseum on Tuesday morning.

Suu Kyi acknowledges the audience before she makes her exit from the Coliseum. Her stop in Fort Wayne is among several on he 17-day U.S. visit.

Julie Mano, left, and other flower girls wait to present bouquets to Suu Kyi, whose address drew an estimated 5,000 people.