Pierce County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances will be held January 17 and 19.
A program will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, January 17, at the Evergreen Church, 4100 Georgia Highway 32, Bristol.
Guest speaker will be Kedar K. Ismail, founder of the Law Offices of Kedar K. Ismail of Springfield, Massachusetts. 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 parade will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 19. It will begin at 9 a.m. at the Board of Education Central Office on Main Street. All participants are asked to be ready on time.
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.
