MLK Day 2020: Here's What's Open, Closed In Cartersville

CARTERSVILLE, GA - Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday this year, and a variety of services will be closed in Cartersville 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.

• Bartow County government offices and courts will be closed Monday.
• Cartersville City Hall will be closed, including Parks & Rec and Public Works.
• Emergency services remain available.
• The Tellus Science Museum will be open Monday.
• Cartersville City Schools will be closed.
• Bartow County libraries 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.

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

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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.