“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865.

While it might be a frigid day to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr., the Theodore Roosevelt National Park is offering a special perk for the holiday. If you’re looking for a winter escape, the Theodore Roosevelt National Park will be providing free entrance tomorrow.

On Wednesday, county officials paid tribute to King, with some describing his legacy as a call to service and others saying there is more progress to be made in race relations.

He talked of a new Manifest Destiny and a ''Golden Age." He invoked the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. An honor guard appeared with tricorn hats, fifes and drums — all traditional Revolutionary War iconography.

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the nation.

Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration ... and we can shirk neither.” -- Theodore Roosevelt, March 4, 1905. “We have reached a higher degree ...

Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I thought it would be a good time to find some impactful quotes from presidential inaugural speeches and from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

On the third Monday of the month, federal, state and local governments, institutions and various industries recognize Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People attend a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial marking MLK Day in Washington ...

President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House will coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day a rare event. Between Martin Luther King Jr. Day being a relatively new holiday (it was made ...

MLK Day — which was approved as a federal holiday in 1983 and has been recognized in all 50 states since 2000 — always takes place on the third Monday in January, because it falls near his Jan. 15 birthday. Inauguration Day has been held on Jan. 20th since the passage of the 20th Amendment in 1933.

There's a huge market for signatures of former U.S. presidents like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. Barry Petersen spoke with a collector about the price of American history.