Zoom in: It's the third time Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day have overlapped. Former President Bill Clinton's 1997 inauguration was the first, and former President Barack Obama's ...

In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr. Day also happens to coincide with Inauguration Day, a rare occurrence that last happened in ...

His enduring legacy was memorialized when Republican President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday bill in 1983, and again during the dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in 2011.

This year’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration will be on Sunday, January 19 from 1:30 – 3 p.m. at Clinton Community College, 1000 Lincoln Blvd. The event is free and open to the public.

Bill Clinton and Barack Obama previously took presidential oaths of office on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. However, in both cases, the men were starting their second consecutive terms, much quieter ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day’s reach has only grown in its 42 ... President Bill Clinton signed into law Congressman John Lewis and Sen. Harris Wofford’s legislation making it a National Day of ...

In 1997, Bill Clinton was the last president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Clinton noted that 34 years ago, King had shared words at the other end of the National Mall “that ...

The last time the two dates overlapped was during President Bill Clinton's second inauguration in January 1997, ... The first official Martin Luther King Jr. Day was celebrated on January 20, 1986.

Monday, Jan. 20 marks a federal holiday, but it’s not for Inauguration Day — it’s in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though King’s birthday was on Jan. 15, the holiday honoring ...

In 1997, Bill Clinton was the last president to be sworn in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Clinton noted that 34 years ago, King had shared words at the other end of the National Mall “that ...