Charleston's 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade was held early Monday afternoon.
The event, which coincides with the national observance of the late civil rights leader's birth, is sponsored each year by a local committee.
Due to the pandemic, a traditional post-parade memorial program at New Town Missionary Baptist Church on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive was canceled this year.
Monday's Charleston festivities, and similarly styled celebrations across the United States, are a part of the federal holiday begun in 1986 to observe Dr. King's birthday each year on the third Monday of January, which is around the time of his actual birthday, Jan. 15.
Watch for more photos of the Charleston parade to be posted later.
