Commemorations of Washington's birthday took place throughout the 19th ... Under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968, the holiday changed from Feb. 22 to the third Monday in January starting in ...

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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 federally-observed holiday was originally held to honor the first U.S. president’s birthday and is technically called “Washington’s Birthday.” Since George Washington, who was born 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 ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the ...

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 ...