Most restaurants, liquor stores and movie theaters will be open as usual. Many stores will hold sales on Monday for the holiday. Malls, supermarkets and stores will mostly keep regular hours including Target and CVS. Trains including the LIRR and Metro-North will be operating on specific holiday hours so make sure to check schedules. The UPS Store® ® Locations UPS Forwarding (Air and Ocean) UPS Express Critical® Day Date New Year’s Day Saturday 1-Jan-22 Closed Closed Closed Available New Year’s Day (Observed) Monday 3-Jan-22 Open Open Closed Available Martin Luther King, Jr. A majority of public schools and colleges will not be open. UPS and FedEx will still be out delivering packages.īanks and stock markets will be closed on Monday. Post Offices and State Department of Motor Vehicle locations. The federal holiday designation means that city, state and federal government buildings will be closed Monday, which includes U.S. President Ronald Reagan once called King "a prophetic voice that reached out over the chasms of hostility, prejudice, ignorance and fear to touch the conscience of America." President Ronald Reagan signed a bill in 1983 that designated every third Monday of January as Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. In 2012, the president and his family helped build a library reading nook at a Washington school on the holiday.ĭemocrat Representative John Conyers brought forth legislation in 1968 that declared Martin Luther King, Jr. The national holiday observes the birthday of civil rights. The second is a virtual walk and reading series in which volunteers will record themselves reading chapters of popular novels to bring entertainment to senior citizens. The first is a walk and litter pickup event to celebrate MLK Day of service throughout the month of January. It's a symbolic day to commemorate the life of one of the most powerful civil rights leaders and to recognize the movement that helped give many Americans the rights they have today.īarack Obama urged Americans to turn the holiday weekend into a weekend of service during his presidency, encouraging Americans to take part in giving back to their communities to honor King's legacy. 17, is a national holiday which means some institutions and businesses may be closed. The Verizon BOLD ERG is sponsoring two featured events.
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