9 Ways to Celebrate Martin Luther King Day
- Serve others!
- Say thank you.
- Commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.
- Participate in a community tribute service.
- Watch the Pete Seeger/ Southern Dutchess Coalition Community "Dr.
- The Mid Hudson Children's Museum will be open for a special community project from 10am-3pm.
Celebrated on the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Day is a national holiday that honors the United States' most famous civil-rights activist. He continued fighting for civil rights and against poverty until an assassin's bullet ended his life on April 4, 1968.
Today is a day set aside to remember and honor late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Day is commemorated on the third Monday in January each year. Today's official holiday is Jan. 19, four days after King's actual birthday on Jan.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is celebrated on the third Monday in January, instead of King's actual birth date for the same reasons, unless his birthday, Jan. 15 falls on a Monday, as it is the case in 2018.
King's birthday was finally approved as a federal holiday in 1983, and all 50 states made it a state government holiday by 2000. Officially, King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta. But the King holiday is marked every year on the third Monday in January.
As this is a Federal holiday, not only will schools and libraries be closed, most federal and state offices will be closed and there will be no mail deliveries on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Arizona law does not require private employers to provide employees with either paid or unpaid holiday leave. In Arizona, a private employer can require an employee to work holidays.
Arizona public offices are closed on these
holidays.
Arizona Holidays: What you need to know.
| Every Sunday | |
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| Third Monday in January | Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day |
| Third Monday in February | Lincoln/Washington Presidents' Day |
| Second Sunday in May | Mothers' Day |
| Last Monday in May | Memorial Day |
Schools are closed on most federal holidays, including Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Are government offices open on Martin Luther King Jr.
On Nov. 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed a bill marking the third Monday of January, as Martin Luther King Jr. Day, according to the center. The holiday was to begin in 1986.
Hiroshima, Japan - The city of Hiroshima is one of the few places outside of the United States that observes Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) day. Toronto, Canada - Though not recognized as a paid holiday, the city of Toronto in Ontario, Canada still celebrates Martin Luther King Day. Wassenaar, Holland - Since 1986 the Dr.
