NEW YORK (CNN) — Monday, January 15, is the birthday of famed civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
Although the federal holiday this year coincides with the monarch’s actual birthday, it always falls on the third Monday in January.
Four days after King’s assassination in 1968, Congressman John Conyers introduced legislation to create a federal holiday in honor of the fallen leader. However, the first national observance of Martin Luther King Day did not take place until 1986, after years of demand. New Hampshire was the last state to adopt a holiday honoring the king in 1999.
Here’s what’s open and closed on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this 2024.
Shoppers outside a Costco store in New York in May 2023. (Credit: Bing Guan/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
Major US retailers and supermarkets, including Target, Walmart and Kroger, will be open on MLK Day. Wholesalers Costco and Sam’s Club will also open this Monday. Most large restaurant chains also serve food, but be sure to check with local stores and restaurants for hours.
Nature lovers can enter any national park in the United States for free this Monday. MLK Day is one of six free admission days in 2024.
The United States Postal Service will not deliver mail this Monday.
UPS will not offer its usual service, although it will open a limited number of stores. Your express critical shipping services will work. FedEx will remain open, although FedEx Express and FedEx Ground Economy will operate with improved service.
Most non-essential public services, such as the traffic department, libraries and municipal offices, will remain closed. Find out at your local office.
It’s a bank holiday, so the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange will not be operating. Most of the banks will also be closed. However, electronic banking services and ATMs will remain available.
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