03/28/2024
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Everyone is encouraged to attend the 30th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade planned Monday, Jan. 15 in downtown Elizabethtown.

Everyone is encouraged to attend the parade and bring your family and friends. There will be plenty of floats, classic vehicles, high school queens and kings, bands, dancers, social organizations, motor cycle clubs, VFW Posts, Boy Scouts, American Legion Posts, and much more for everyone to enjoy.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a celebration of the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King promoted Civil Rights through nonviolent civil disobedience. He is perhaps best known for his “I have a dream…” speech in 1963. He was assassinated in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federally recognized holiday in 1983. The first year this holiday was observed was 1986, and not by all states. In 2000 it became a nationally observed holiday in all states.

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