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Memorial Day is celebrated annually on the last Monday of May, and this year it falls on May 25. As Memorial Day is a federal holiday, some services including banks and post office may be closed or running with modified services.
Memorial Day is a day for honoring and mourning military personnel who died in service and a day for Americans across the country remember them. At 3 p.m. local time, U.S. residents will observe a minute's silence for the men and women who died serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
Americans have been honoring military members who died in service since the late 1860s, following the Civil War in which ended in spring 1865, but Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971.
Does Mail Get Delivered on Memorial Day?
As Memorial Day is a federal holiday, the United States Postal Service will not deliver mail and post offices will be closed. However, you can access some services on the USPS website, including tracking a package, buying stamps, holding mail, printing postage online, submitting a change of address, scheduling a package pickup, and finding USPS locations including self-service kiosks.
UPS
There will be no UPS pickup or delivery service on Memorial Day and the UPS Store locations will be closed. There will also be no pickup or delivery service through UPS on other federal holidays in 2020, such as Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
FedEx
FedEx will not be running any of its services on Memorial Day except for FedEx Custom Critical and FedEx Office will be running with modified hours. Like UPS, FedEx also suspends its delivery and pickup services on other federal holidays like Independence Day and Labor Day.
The USPS said in a statement published in April that it has implemented new health and safety measures at its retail locations and while delivering mail: "The United States Postal Service is proud of the work our more than 600,000 employees play in processing, transporting, and delivering mail and packages for the American public. We provide a vital public service that is a part of this nation's critical infrastructure.
"The Postal Service has a dedicated Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Command Response leadership team that is focusing on employee and customer safety in conjunction with operational and business continuity during this unprecedented epidemic. We continue to follow the strategies and measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public health departments."
