Members of the Columbia community and surrounding areas gathered for the 25th annual King Day at the Dome celebration on Jan. 20, 2025. The event began with a prayer service at Zion Baptist Church before participants marched down to the Statehouse to hear from a variety of speakers including United States District Attorney Adair Ford Boroughs, City Councilman Tyler Bailey and keynote speaker Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison. The event was originally formed to protest the waving of the Confederate flag at the Statehouse but continued even after the flag was removed in 2015.