ELBERTON – Elbert County’s Martin Luther King Jr. United Celebration, the annual celebration of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. takes place each year on the weekend preceding the legal holiday observances.
One of the longest-running Martin Luther King Jr. Day observances in Northeast Georgia, Elberton’s event stretches over the entire weekend.
On Thursday, Jan. 17, the movie “Our Friend, Martin” was shown to Elbert County fifth-grade students at The Elbert Theatre.
On Saturday, the annual Ecumenical Banquet was held at The Rock Gym.
Despite brisk breezes, the 26th-annual MLK Parade began at 4 p.m. with Grand Marshal Bishop Thomas Brown, Presiding Prelate, CME Church Sixth Episcopal District State of Georgia.
On Monday, the Academic Bowl will be held at 10 a.m. at Blackwell Cultural Center, 375 Mill St., Elberton.
Jerry L. Mosier, a third-grader at Elbert County Elementary School, won $100 cash for submitting the theme for this year’s event: “Love Crosses Borders; Let’s Cross Them Today.”
Students submitting second- and third-place themes also received monetary prizes.
Shelby Dye, kindergarten student at Elbert County Primary School, received $75 for “Don’t Dream of Change; Be the Change’; and Hannah Cramer, fourth-grade student at Elbert County Elementary School, won $50 for “The World Changes, One Dream at a Time”.
To learn more about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. observances in Elbert County, visit emlkpc.org.
