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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 ...
Some municipalities hold parades, and since the 1994 King Holiday and Service Act, it has become a day of citizen action volunteer service, sometimes referred to as the MLK Day of Service. The holiday is observed on the third Monday of January, and is combined with other holidays in several states. February 15–21 (3rd Monday) Washington's ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the Monday falling on or between January 15–21, commemorates the birthday of Dr. King, a significant leader of the Civil Rights Movement. The holiday was established federally in 1983 and first officially celebrated in 1986; efforts to create the holiday faced strong opposition and some southern states ...
The holiday in his honor is timed to honor King’s birthday on Jan. 15, 1929. However, the holiday, which did happen to align with his birthday in 2024 , rarely falls on that actual day.
The holiday is February 15—Anthony's birthday. ... also made this day a legal holiday as of 2014. [8] ... birthday as a U.S. national holiday on the third Monday of ...
New Year's Day. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Presidents Day. Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. Good Friday. Friday, March 29, 2013
January 15. Blue Monday. Civil Rights Day. Elementary School Teacher Day. Martin Luther King Day. National Bagel Day. National Hat Day. National Strawberry Ice Cream Day. January 16. Book ...
The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and the latest is January 21. The Monday observance is similar for those federal holidays which fall under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983 ...