MLK Day 2020: Here’s What’s Open, Closed In Mill Valley

MILL VALLEY, CA—Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20 this year, and a variety of services will be closed in Mill Valley on the day.

King’s birthday is Jan. 15, but the federal holiday celebrating the civil rights leader is observed on the third Monday of January each year.

Here’s a breakdown of how the holiday could impact your routine.

• Mill Valley City Hall will be close on MLK Day.
• The Mill Valley Community Center will be closed in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
• The Aquatics and Fitness Center will be open 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
• The Mill Valley Public Library will be closed.
• Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday is a federal holiday and all U.S. Postal Service post offices will be closed. No mail will be delivered or sent.
• Banks will be closed.
• Publix and Kroger stores will be open.
• Check with local movie theaters, but most will be open.
• Emergency services remain available.
• Mill Valley School District schools will be closed.

The history of the MLK holiday in America is a complicated one.

Almost immediately after King’s assassination in 1968, activists began pushing for a holiday celebrating his Jan. 15 birthday. However, the official national holiday wasn’t signed into law until 1983 by President Ronald Reagan.

The first federal MLK Day was observed on the third Monday of January in 1986, but many states held out. Arizona didn’t recognize the day until 1992, when the state lost its rights to host the Super Bowl after voters in Arizona failed to make the day a paid holiday.

The last state to adopt the holiday? New Hampshire, in 1999.