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Old 01-15-2009, 04:37 PM
DaemonSeid DaemonSeid is offline
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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek View Post
But I thought it was always honored on Monday.

ETA: I just misread your post. Yeah, that's what I thought.
Back in the day before it was made a federal holiday, most cities (at least Baltimore and DC) celebrated his actual birthday and thus most local jurisdictions down.

My only nitpick is since MLK has a holiday on the 3rd Monday, most calendars do not denote the actual birthday anymore.
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