former President Ronald Reagan signed it into law later that year. When was Martin Luther King Jr. Day first celebrated? The first national holiday honoring King was celebrated in 1986 ...
Government offices will be closed on Monday, Jan. 20, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal ... President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on Nov.
Martin Luther ... King was recognized with a day and even longer for all of the United States to recognize it, according to Smithsonian.com. On Nov. 2, 1983, then President Ronald Reagan ...
Martin Luther King ... President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983. The holiday was set to be observed on the third Monday in January, near King Jr.'s birthday ...
The US president pardons 23 anti-abortion activists, including some convicted of blockading a reproductive health clinic and ...
He talked of a new Manifest Destiny and a “Golden Age.” He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and ...
On a day established to honor the life and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., those gathered at the Dunbar Recreation ...
Events in both Weirton and Steubenville celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day by reflecting on the life and work of the civil ...