Pierce County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances will be held January 17 and 19, 2026.
A program will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, January 17, at the Evergreen Church, 4100 Georgia Highway 32, Bristol.
Mamie Turner has been named as the grand marshal for this year’s parade. Tyrone Harris is citizen of the year and Angelo Eaddy Paschall is educator of the year. The awards will be presented during Saturday’s program.
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The parade will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19.
The parade will assemble at 9 a.m. at the Board of Education Central Office on Main Street.
Parade chairman Isaac Moses asks the community to come and and participate in the parade — and to be on time.
“We are asking all participants to be at the BOE for line up at 9 a.m. so that we can be ready to start on time,” he said.
The parade will travel down Main Street to the Courthouse and then turn left on to U.S. Highway 84. The parade will travel down Highway 84 and turn right on Ware Street and will disband at the Lee Street Resource Center.
For more information, contact, Isaac Moses at (912) 552-0118 (cell) or Jacqueline Moses at (912) 552-4243.
