[MLK Day Parade & Celebration 2024]
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AFTER A FIVE DAY DELAY DUE TO WINTER WEATHER, THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE CAME TOGETHER TO HONOR ITS LONGTIME TRADITION WITH THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY PARADE AND CELEBRATION.
CITY OFFICIALS WERE JOINED BY NATIONAL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVES, SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND BUSLOADS OF STUDENTS ALONG WITH TEACHERS, STAFF, AND PARENTS.
FROM THE G-P-I-S-D ON A SUNNY AND CHILLY SATURDAY MORNING MARCHING AND RIDING ALONG A PARADE ROUTE THAT THIS YEAR BEGAN IN THE HISTORIC DALWORTH NEIGHBORHOOD AND MADE ITS WAY DOWN MAIN STREET, COMING TO AN END AT CITY HALL WHERE A SPECIAL CELEBRATION WAS HELD INSIDE DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
ALL OF IT TO HONOR THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER, WHO HELPED BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN OUR COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
TODAY, MLK DAY IS THE ONLY FEDERAL HOLIDAY DESIGNATED AS A NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE ENCOURAGING ALL AMERICANS TO VOLUNTEER AND IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
THE FEDERAL HOLIDAYS CELEBRATING DR. KING SHOULD BE A DAY ON, NOT A DAY OFF.
IT IS THIS TYPE OF LOVE THAT CAN TRANSFORM OPPONENTS INTO FRIENDS.
IT IS THIS LOVE WHICH WILL BRING ABOUT MIRACLES IN THE HEARTS OF MEN.
MLK DAY IS ALWAYS OBSERVED ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY, AND THIS YEAR, THAT WAS ALSO HIS BIRTHDAY, JANUARY 15TH.