Martin Luther King Jr. Day honors the life of the American civil rights leader and his legacy in bringing about greater racial equality and legal protections for Black Americans and all people of color in the United States.
As a federal holiday, people should anticipate that public services, government offices, banks and some businesses won’t operate on their normal schedules due to MLK Day.
Here’s a list of what is open and what is closed in Massachusetts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 19, 2026.
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Government
Federal Courts: Closed…