What’s closed Jan. 9 for President Carter’s National Day of Mourning?
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The U.S. will commemorate the life of former President James Carter Jan. 9 with a National Day of Mourning, which means some businesses and government services will be closed. President Joseph Biden declared the National Day of Mourning Monday following Carter’s Dec. 29 death at his home in Plains, Ga.