Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or suspended Monday. Here’s what else you should know.
Though the holiday is young, this will only be the 25th year that all 50 states recognize it together. Here's what's open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.
"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly impossible goals," according to The King Center.
Several public agencies, federal offices and schools will close to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, coinciding with Trump's Inauguration Day.
As the nation pauses to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy to the United States, the stock markets in the country will close for the day. The New York Stock Exchange will close for a long weekend after normal trading hours on Friday,
At the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, life-size statues, some in National Guard uniforms, proclaim, “I Am a Man.”
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated in Indianapolis with events such as a wreath-laying ceremony, a family-friendly celebration, a wreath-laying ceremony, a wreath-laying ceremony, and a wreath-laying ceremony.
The country will be commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on January 20th to be followed by celebrating Black History Month shortly thereafter. Through this timely lens, Dream Exchange, the first-ever minority-controlled stock exchange in formation in the history of the United States,
As the nation pauses to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy to the United States, the stock markets in the country will close for the day. The New York Stock Exchange will close for a long weekend after normal trading hours on Friday,
Here's what's open and closed on Jan. 20, 2025, the day the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy and when President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as president.