MLK Day events scheduled in Morgan City, Patterson

Events in Morgan City and Patterson will mark Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.

In Morgan City, the St. Mary Chapter of the NAACP will conduct a motorcade and a tribute.

The motorcade will leave Morgan City Municipal Auditorium, 728 Myrtle St., at 2:30 p.m. Monday and end at the Siracusaville Recreation Center, 1110 Grace St.

A tribute will follow at 3 p.m. at the center. Refreshments will be served. Masks will be required.

Earlier Monday, the New Age-Patterson civic organization's MLK event will be at 10 a.m. at 908 Washington St., Patterson.

The theme will be “Stay on track: We still have work to do!”

The keynote speakers will be Holden Murray of Good Hope Baptist Church and Kreig Triggs of Lighthouse Missionary Church. A march will follow.

A reception is planned at Cherry Street Park.