Well I don’t care about the financial end of this issue, however I do not think the death of a former president requires the mail to be stopped and the markets to be closed.
I live in a republic, not a monarchy.
Then become an activist, and get somebody to change the laws and regulations. Make it so that everybody has to work every frickin’ day, dammit - no ‘special occasions’!
(Good luck with that, and with your ensuing ‘popularity’ :-)