As February unfolds, from historical observances to festive traditions, the month offers plenty of reasons to celebrate and ...

So while the federal government calls it Washington's Birthday, in many states, including Florida, it's recognized as ...

A number of federal agencies have banned celebrations related to MLK Jr. Day, Women's History Month and other such ...

nor did it broaden the holiday to celebrate Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12, 1809, and whose birthday is not a federally recognized holiday. Image There has been some resistance in the South to ...

The holiday has been recognized in each state since 2000 ... It originally designated three federal holidays, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and former President George Washington’s birthday ...

What is interesting about this pair of days is that Inauguration Day isn’t a federally recognized holiday (only government employees in Washington, D.C., usually have the day off work for ...

The holiday is given to reduce traffic and ... for Civil Rights reforms in the 1960s in the U.S. The day became federally recognized nearly 20 years after King's assassination in 1968.

See below for details on whether or not banks, credit unions and U.S. stock markets will be open on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. As with most federal holidays, a majority of banks and other financial ...

ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, equality and the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his life ...