![]() ![]() POST OFFICE No regular mail delivery except for Priority Mail Express, formerly known as Express Mail. GOVERNMENT OFFICES All Federal government offices are closed on Monday, as will be almost all city and state offices. Although Monday is a day that many Broadway theaters are dark, those that usually have Monday evening performances will be open, as will off-Broadway houses. Almost all restaurants will be open on Monday, except those that are generally closed on Mondays. Drug stores such as Walgreens and CVS and convenience stores such as 7-Eleven and Wawa will be open as well. SHOPS. Virtually all stores and malls will be open. Here’s what you need to know about what’s open for business and operating in the United States – and what isn’t – on Martin Luther King Jr. ![]() President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983 and it was first observed in 1986. The campaign for a federal holiday in King’s honor began soon after his assassination. King’s actual birthday is January 15, a Tuesday in the year he was born, 1929, but the federal holiday celebrating him is observed on the third Monday of January each year and this year falls on January 16. ![]() King’s father, Martin Luther King Sr., was an early civil rights leader who survived his son’s death and died in 1984. He is widely recognized for having advanced civil rights through non-violent actions and civil disobedience. King, a Baptist minister and activist, was a leader in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. Day, a federal holiday in the United States.ĭr. ![]()
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