Organizers cancel Fort Worth Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade due to rise in COVID cases
Organizers of Fort Worth’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade announced Thursday they were canceling this years events due to rising COVID-19 cases.
“Our continued commitment to serve this community and honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. compels us to act in our community’s best interest,” the Greater Fort Worth Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Committee said in a press release.
The group urged the public to find other ways to honor King’s memory, calling the holiday, “not a day off, but a day on.”
The release quoted from King’s Feb. 4, 1968 sermon “Drum Major Instinct” to call on Fort Worth residents to participate in acts of service.
“[Everybody] can be great, because everybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and your verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love,” the statement said.
In a separate announcement about the parade being canceled, the City of Fort Worth said the Fort Worth Stock Show’s All Western Parade remains on the calendar for Saturday at 11 a.m. in the downtown area.
No motorized vehicles are allowed, but “plenty of horses and other livestock can be seen,” the city said.
This story was originally published January 13, 2022 at 1:04 PM.
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