Seasonal & Holidays
Admission Waived At National Parks On Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Several of the places where King and the Civil Rights Movement made history have volunteer opportunities on MLK Day, a day of service.
ACROSS AMERICA — Places where Martin Luther King and others in the Civil Rights Movement made history are among 400 National Park Service facilities, including parks, museums and monuments, that will waive admission fees on Monday in honor of King’s birthday.
MLK Day, observed every year on the third Monday of January, has been a federal holiday since 1986 and is a day off for many Americans. It is the only federal holiday designated as a day of service.
Some of the places with special volunteer opportunities for visitors include the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park in Atlanta; the Selma to Montgomery Historic Trail, which traces the footsteps of King and other civil rights activists in the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama; and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where King delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech.
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Other free admission days at national parks in 2024 are:
- April 20: First day of National Park Week
- June 19: Juneteenth National Independence Day
- Aug. 4: Anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act
- Sept. 28: National Public Lands Day
- Nov. 11: Veterans Day
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