This year, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to fall on Inauguration Day, when President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance will take the oath of office in Washington ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is set to coincide with the inauguration of President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 this year. The two federal holidays have only fallen on the same day once since Martin ...

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 ...

Although Martin Luther King Jr. Day is one of 13 federal holidays that is observed, inauguration day is not a federal holiday. Only employees who work in Washington D.C. observe the day by having ...

Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.