35th Annual MLK Parade Set for Monday Morning in Elizabethtown
Bladen County, this coming Monday is a very special day. Not only will our nation celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day but the Town of Elizabethtown will present its 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade.
The parade begins at 11 a.m. sharp Monday. For those who will be participating in the parade, the lineup begins at 9 a.m. at 805 West Broad Street in Elizabethtown, North Carolina.
Dr. King is best remembered for his “I Have A Dream” speech that he delivered on August 28, 1963. Dr. King gave his famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The Grand Marshal of this year’s parade is the reigning United States of America 2024 Miss North Carolina Mariel “Mary” Lee. When you see Mariel in the parade Saturday, give her a big wave and wish her good luck. She will be traveling to San Antonio, Texas in July to represent the state of North Carolina in the 2024 United States of America Pageant. Mariel’s platform includes the Cleft Lip and Palate and Cranio Facial Deformities along with Autism Awareness, Military Support and Breast Cancer.
The Junior Marshall of this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade is Alicia Holloway. Alicia holds the title of the Junior Miss All America North Carolina. Alicia currently attends the New Century International Elementary School in Fayetteville as a second grader.
If you need more information on Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. parade, contact Arthur Bullock, the Chairman of the parade committee at 910-876-7905 or Natasha Bullock Cromartie the Co-Chairman at 910-813-0279. If more convenient, you can also email Arthur Bullock at [email protected].
If you have never taken the time to read Dr. King’s historical speech, just click here.
A few years later in 1968, Dr. King was shot and killed at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. Today, the facility is known as the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel. For a virtual tour of the museum, click here.