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

SANDY SPRINGS, GA — Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Monday, Jan. 20 this year, and a variety of services will be closed in Sandy Springs 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.

• Fulton County courts, facilities and offices will be closed on Monday.
• Fulton County public safety services are available 365 days per year.
• All Fulton County Public Library branches will be closed.
• Municipal offices for Sandy Springs will be closed.
• Garbage collection depends on hauler in Sandy Springs.
• Fulton County Schools 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.
• All 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.

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.