MLK Day Programs, Parades Planned

January 16, 2012

Parades and special events will honor the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. across the area today.

Century:

The Century-Flomaton Improvement Association will honor Dr. King with a motorcade in Century Monday morning. The motorcade will line up at the old Carver School on Pond Street at 8:00 a.m. The motorcade will roll at 8:30 a.m. and will end at the Agricultural Building on West Highway 4 by about 10:00. A program and celebration will follow in the Ag Building at 10:00 with guest speakers, special music and lunch.

Flomaton:

A Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Damascus Missionary Baptist Church in Flomaton. Special speaker will be civil rights leader Dr. H.K. Matthews.

Atmore:

Parade line up 9 a.m. begins 10 a.m. at Houston Avery Park, follows Martin Luther King Avenue, to Carver Avenue, Ashley Street,  Main Street and ending at Escambia County High School.  A program will follow in the high school’s Hodnette Auditorium.

Pensacola:

Parade, 11 a.m., downtown beginning at the intersection of Spring and Garden streets then turning north on Palafox.  Over 4,000 free books and 10,000 free bookmarks will be distributed to children at the parade.

Milton:

Milton’s parade begins at 10 a.m. at Milton High School and then travels along Stewart Street to Elva Street.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Archive