NEW YORK (PIX11) – On Monday, Inauguration Day will line up with a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The federal holiday falls on the third Monday in January every year, this year lining up with Inauguration Day, which falls on Jan. 20 every four years.
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Next Monday, the United States Postal Service, banks and NYC Public Schools will all be closed for the holiday.
Alternate side parking rules will also be suspended on Monday, meaning drivers can disregard parking signs posted for street cleaning. Parking meters will still be in effect and need to be paid.
President Ronald Reagan signed a bill to create a federal holiday for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1983, but it still took years for it to be recognized in all 50 states, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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