Celebrated on the third Monday in January, Martin Luther King Day is a national holiday that honors the United States’ most famous civil-rights activist.
The Rev. Dr. King’s peaceful struggle against racial discrimination came to national attention in 1955, when he led a boycott protesting laws that required blacks and whites to sit in separate sections on buses. He was jailed and physically attacked, and his home was bombed, but in 1956 the Supreme Court declared such laws unconstitutional.
In 1963, King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech before a quarter million people during the peaceful March on Washington, D.C. The next year he became the youngest man, at 35, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. He continued fighting for civil rights and against poverty until an assassin’s bullet ended his life on April 4, 1968.
Holiday Schedule for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Holiday, Jan. 20
Montgomery County government will observe the following holiday schedule for the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, Monday, Jan. 20:
County Offices – closed.
Libraries – closed.
Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) – stores open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Recreation – aquatics programs and facilities open; all other classes and programs canceled. Administrative office, senior centers and community centers are closed.
Montgomery Parks – visit www.
Ride On –Modified holiday schedule. Route information available at https://www.
Ride On Flex – no service on holidays.
Metrorail and Metrobus – Information available at www.wmata.com.
TRiPS Commuter Store at Silver Spring Transit Center – open.
TRiPS Mobile Commuter Store – closed.
County-provided refuse/recycling pickup – County-provided trash and recycling collection will not be collected Monday, Jan. 20. After the holiday, county-provided recycling and trash collections will slide, and be one day later than normal with last collection Saturday, Jan.25.
Shady Grove Processing Facility and Transfer Station – entire facility closed.
Parking at public garages, lots, curbside meters – free; and
State offices and courts – closed.
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