The traffic is supposed to be horrible, not to mention you have tourists coming to get momentos of the occassion and stuff. I understand that Friday is a Fed. holiday but will it be a permanent holiday like other presidents day?
I seriously doubt it. Wouldn't that make him the only President with his very own holiday? I guess the reason Bush closed the government on Friday was because the funeral service is happening that day. I would have liked Wednesday so that I could participate in the public-type happenings.
Actually, that's not true. Officially, the federal holiday is for Washington's Birthday, Lincoln has nothing to do with it. Many states have or used to have Lincoln's Birthday as a state holiday, including Maryland but many states and local governments have gone to recognizing only the one date and calling it President's Day. Legally the Federal holiday is still Washington's Birthday.
I think that's Martin Luther King Day.Originally posted by dems4me
That's interesting thanks... down south they call it General Lee day!
Since I still don't have an answer, let me try to get this out of someone. Are schools open or closed Friday? To me a Federal Holiday means everything shuts down except for retail.
Schools don't close on Federal holidays, they close on State Holidays and then it's at the discresion of the Bd of Ed in each jurisdiction. For example, schools are open on Veteran's day and Columbus Day. And some schools in other parts of Maryland are open on MLK day. Since Reagan was a federal official, not a state one, don't look for the State to declare a day off (unless maybe, if you live in California)Originally posted by FancyBelle
McDonalds don't give it to us.