{"id":25705,"date":"2019-01-17T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T23:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=25705"},"modified":"2019-01-17T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T23:49:15","slug":"king-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/king-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebrations, Free Parks Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/mlkjazz.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While people across the U.S. celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s birthday with walks, marches, community service and concerts this weekend, the 3rd Monday in January is a federal holiday and &#8220;no school&#8221; day to honor the American civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968.<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/martin-luther-king-day.html\">Martin Luther King, Jr. Events<\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CALIFORNIA NATIONAL PARKS: One of America&#8217;s favorite celebrations is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/parks\/national-parks-free-days.html\">National Park Service free admission,<\/a>\u00a0which is the first fee-free day of several throughout the year. The event coincides with a partial government shutdown in 2019, but the majority of national parks in California appear to be open. Check before you go for certain restrictions!<\/li>\n<li>BERKELEY:\u00a0Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast<\/li>\n<li>FRESNO: MLK March to Fresno City Hall<\/li>\n<li>INGLEWOOD: King Fest<\/li>\n<li>LANCASTER:\u00a0Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH:\u00a0Martin Luther King Parade and Festival<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES:\u00a0Kingdom Day Parade<br \/>\nLos Angeles Chamber Orchestra&#8217;s Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles Annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Concert<\/li>\n<li>OAKLAND:\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr. Film Festival<br \/>\nIn the Name of Love &#8212; Songs of Change Concert<\/li>\n<li>RIVERSIDE:\u00a0MLK Annual Walk-a-thon<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: Capitol March for the Dream and The Diversity Expo<\/li>\n<li>SAN DIEGO:\u00a0Martin Luther King Jr. Parade<br \/>\nMartin Luther King, Jr. Day at WorldBeat Cultural Center<\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO:\u00a0Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Festival and Parade<br \/>\nMuseum of the African Diaspora\u00a0Free Admission &amp; MLK Jr. Celebration<\/li>\n<li>SAN MATEO:\u00a0San Mateo County MLK Day Caltrain Ride to the March<\/li>\n<li>VICTORVILLE:\u00a0City of Victorville Civil Rights Memorial Essay Ceremony<br \/>\nDelta Sigma Theta, Inc., Commemorative Peace March<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While people across the U.S. celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8217;s birthday with walks, marches, community service and concerts this weekend, the 3rd Monday in January is a federal holiday and &#8220;no school&#8221; day to honor the American civil rights leader who was assassinated in 1968. Martin Luther King, Jr. Events CALIFORNIA NATIONAL PARKS: One of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25705"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25705"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25706,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25705\/revisions\/25706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}