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When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Martin Luther King Jr. Day occurs on Monday, Jan. 20. 2025 holiday schedule: See full list of dates for Easter, Memorial Day, federal holidays, more
The New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and other U.S. stock exchanges are closed on Jan. 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, while bond markets will also shut down. The markets will ...
Here's a look at what’s open and closed on MLK Day 2025 and a brief history about the holiday. What is MLK Day? Designed to honor Martin Luther King Jr., MLK Day became a federal holiday in 1983.
In New Hampshire: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day". [30] In Virginia: it was known as Lee–Jackson–King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee–Jackson Day. [31] In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own ...
MLK Day is one of seven free entrance days in 2025. Government agencies Most nonessential government services like the DMV, libraries and city offices will be closed.
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
As she outlined the plans for the King holiday observance and talked about the King Center's future, Bernice King reflected on violence and hardship in the world. She also spoke about the upcoming presidential inauguration of Donald Trump — which falls on the MLK holiday — and on the legacy of President Jimmy Carter.
Government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to ...