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Name: MLK Commemorative Celebration
Start: 2024-01-15T07:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-01-15T07:30:00-05:00

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MLK Commemorative Celebration

January 15 @ 7:30 am

MLK Commemorative Celebration

The 39th Commemorative Celebration, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is Monday, January 15, 2024.

Local Theme: “America: Be True to What You Said on Paper”, MLK, Jr.

Commemorative Breakfast — 7:30am-9:30am

The day begins with a Commemorative Breakfast honoring the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s National Holiday. In the Virginia Room at Flagler College. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Patrick Coggins, Phd, JD Professor, Stetson University

Silent March — 10:30am

Join us for a Silent March leaving 86 MLK Boulevard at 10:30am and proceeding downtown to the Plaza de la Constitución – commemorating the route taken in 1986 by the Governor and the cabinet to recognize the national holiday in honor of Dr. King.