Press Release
In commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, the Embassy will be closed next Monday January 21st.
Owing to the commemoration of Martin Luther King, Jr Day, the Embassy shall be closed next Monday 21st, January. On this day, the Embassy will be closed to the public and will not render the accustomed Consular Services.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the 3rd Monday in January, was first declared a public holiday in the United States by President Reagan in 1986 in remembrance of his assassination on April 4th, 1968. King Jr. was the one of the most eloquent voices in the U.S. civil rights movement during the 1950s and ‘60s. Because of his efforts in bringing segregation to an end, King, Jr became the youngest Nobel Peace Laureate in history. His “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered at the Lincoln Monument in 1963, is widely remembered as one of America ’s defining moments.
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For further information on this historic date visit our web-page: http://bogota.usembassy.gov