MLK Day---Civil Rights Day

[itilldo]

My wife works for Kraft as a sales Rep and she was sent 3-2009 calendars of different types. 1 is a 8" x11" dbl page Monthly Activity calendar, the second is just a 8" x 11" plastic one sided calendar and the third is a 4" x 5" one sided plastic calendar. What is interesting is that in the Monthly Activity calendar Jan 19th is listed as "MLK Jr. Day" but on the 8" x 11" plastic calendar Jan 19th is listed as "Civil Rights Day"…..is / was there a change and I did not get the email? Which is this Holiday to be listed as,,,I'm getting confused.

 

[Chris]

Congress legislated MLK day as a national holiday. They're called federal National Holidays.

How many knew that Inauguration Day was a legal holiday?

Federal Legal Holidays 2009
• January 1, 2009: New Year's Day [Jan. 1 every year]
• January 19, 2009: Martin Luther King Day [3rd monday in Jan]
• January 20, 2009: Inauguration Day [every 4th year]
• February 16, 2009: Presidents Day (observed) [3rd monday in Feb]
note: Presidents Day is also Washington's Birthday (observed)
• May 25, 2009: Memorial Day (observed) [last monday in May]
• July 4, 2009: Independence Day [July 4 every year]
• September 7, 2009: Labor Day [1st monday in Sept]
• October 12, 2009: Columbus Day (observed) [2nd monday in Oct]
• November 11, 2009: Veterans' Day [Nov. 11 every year]
• November 26, 2009: Thanksgiving Day [4th thursday in Nov]
• December 25, 2009: Christmas Day [Dec. 25 every year]

 

[Bgchuby01]

What a wasted day, The people that celebrate MLK day don't work the other 364 days either.

 

[Sea-Dated]

I guess whoever made the 8X11 plastic one didn't like MLK and decided to call it Civil Rights Day or something. Maybe just a printers statement.

 

[cigdaze]

In Arizona and New Hampshire, Martin Luther King Day is known as "Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Day". That's about the closest thing to it out there.