Federal and state offices, banks, as well as postal and trash services will be closed or suspended Monday. Here’s what else you should know.

Here's what's open and closed on Jan. 20, 2025, the day the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy and when President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as president.

Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general.

Several public agencies, federal offices and schools will close to honor Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, coinciding with Trump's Inauguration Day.

"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly impossible goals," according to The King Center.

As the nation pauses to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy to the United States, the stock markets in the country will close for the day. The New York Stock Exchange will close for a long weekend after normal trading hours on Friday,

The son of Martin Luther King Jr's request to the incoming president comes just ahead of Trump's return to the White House on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

Here's what is open and closed on Jan. 20, 2025, the day the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy and when President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as president.

It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a Memphis motel. It took 15 years until it became a federal holiday.

At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a group of life-size statues, some crafted in Tennessee National Guard uniforms,