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24th Annual Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade
January 15 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
The 24th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade will be held on Monday, January 15, 2024 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Parade participants will need to assemble at 11:15 a.m. at the intersection of E. Sullivan Street & Center Street (The Parking Lot of Preaching Christ Church, 707 E. Sullivan Street, Kingsport, TN 37660).
The parade route will follow E. Sullivan Street and end at the New Kingsport City Hall, 415 Broad Street).
The theme is “ANSWER TO RACISM IS THE LOVE OF CHRIST” & “SHOW LOVE MORE IN 2024.”
If you would like, please enter a car, float, church/business van, bus, truck, other exhibits or take a 20 minute walk during lunch in the parade!
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EVENT CALENDAR PURPOSE AND CRITERIA
A calendar has been created called the This is Kingsport events calendar which will serve as a non-public forum to provide citizens with information about social and organizational gatherings held within the city. The city will disseminate information to the public through this online calendar about social and organizational gatherings which are conducted or promoted by community partners with which the city currently has partnership agreements. Additionally, social or organizational gatherings held on city owned property to which the public at large is invited will be published on this calendar.
Each year the city enters into partnership agreements with multiple community partners some of whom in turn support the city by organizing events or promoting events of members and affiliates. By creating a common source for the dissemination of information about community events the city will be furthering its support of those community partners which in turn support the city. Moreover, the city wishes to and will benefit from highlighting gatherings which will be of benefit and enjoyment to the public.
Community partners may communicate their events or those which they promote to the city which will disseminate the information through the event calendar. Furthermore, the city of Kingsport will publish on the calendar those community events which are held on city property. In order to achieve the city’s goals only those events described herein will be published on the This is Kingsport event calendar which will be curated by city staff.