Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day collide Monday in a rare occurrence. The big picture: Stock markets, banks, many schools and the U.S. Postal Service are closed for the federal ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is approaching quickly – Monday, ... In 1994, under then-President Bill Clinton, it became the only federal holiday dedicated to volunteerism, ...

Citizens across the country are in high spirits as they recall the efforts and sacrifices of Martin Luther King Jr., ... MLK Day and Inauguration Day have seen the overlap. Bill Clinton 1997 and ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive terms, much quieter ...

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in 1997, when President Bill Clinton took the oath of office.

Monday, Jan. 20 marks a federal holiday, but it’s not for Inauguration Day — it’s in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though King’s birthday was on Jan. 15, the holiday honoring ...