The holiday recognizes King’s birthday, January 15. But Martin Luther ... and former President George Washington’s birthday, to be marked on Mondays. So even though the anniversary of ...

The holiday recognizes King’s birthday, January 15. But Martin Luther King ... and former President George Washington’s birthday, to be marked on Mondays. So even though the anniversary ...

Sweetheart candy hearts are seen on the shelf at the To The Moon Marketplace on January 29 ... Day became a federal holiday under President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1879 and was originally observed on ...

Kentucky has public holidays for the birthdays of Washington; Lincoln ... Lee, the Confederate general, on the same day in January. Both states celebrate Confederate Memorial Day in April and ...

Presidents Day, officially known as Washington's Birthday, is a federal holiday that honors the legacy of America's first ...

We’re a day from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday ... the road for adventure. George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were the first casualties. Washington’s Birthday (Feb. 22) was ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. waved to supporters during the March on Washington on Aug ... On the third Monday of January — close to King’s Jan. 15 birthday — federal, state and local ...

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Here’s everything to know about MLK Day, including how it became a federal holiday. The federal government shuts down on the third Monday of every January for the day to honor Martin Luther ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — 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 Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of January every year to celebrate ... and helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous ...