The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

The commemoration became a federal holiday in 1983 after Ronald Reagan signed the ... overlapping with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration.

Martin Luther King ... President Ronald Reagan signed the bill into law on November 2, 1983. The holiday was set to be observed on the third Monday in January, near King Jr.'s birthday on January ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an annual federal holiday to ... activists continued to fight for this bill when President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law on November 2, 1983.

legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third Monday of January cleared Congress and President Ronald Reagan signed it. States held back as activists stepped up Reagan's signing did ...

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the other hand ... signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, and the first official ...

On the one hand, it's the federal holiday to celebrate the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On the other hand ... signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, and the first official ...