What’s closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the Lehigh Valley
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed each year on the third Monday in January. Here is a look at what’s open and closed today in the Lehigh Valley. Federal government: All nonessential federal government offices and courts are closed. State, county, local government: State offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are closed.
'Live that message and live that spirit': LV keeps Martin Luther King alive with commemorative events
Across the Lehigh Valley, various organizations commemorated King on Martin Luther King Day, Monday. Community members in the City of Bethlehem on walked the wet terrain and sloshed through snow, to end up at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. It was part of the annual Civil Rights Movement March of the same name.
A symbolic march that’s become a tradition in Bethlehem honors Martin Luther King Jr. (PHOTOS)
The annual event coinciding with the holiday kicked off with participants meeting at the Comfort Suites on West Third Street.
Lehigh Valley-area events celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Monday. Here are a few Lehigh Valley events to celebrate the civil rights leader’s life, his work and his dream.
Allentown Art Museum celebrates Martin Luther King Day with jazz concert and poetry
ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Allentown Art Museum held a celebration on this Martin Luther King Day with more than just visual art. Monday's annual event featured a jazz concert by the Philadelphia Clef Club. Guests also got to enjoy family-friendly story time, art making, and inspirational poetry readings.
Dear Annie: Thoughts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.” -- Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1865.
Martin Luther King Jr., Michelle Obama and Trump’s exhausting return
Martin Luther King, Jr. with his arms folded in front of him and his gaze cast out over the frozen Tidal Basin. But there stood Glenda McDonald, bundled up in her parka doing as she has done over the years,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service celebrated in Lower Hudson Valley
Decades after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., there is still "so much work to do" in America when it comes to racial justice and the fight against prejudice. So in honor of the day that would have been Dr.
New York City honors life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Communities across the nation celebrated the life of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday. Many participated in a day of service by volunteering and helping to improve communities in his name.
MLK Day events across NYC area honor legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy: At breakfast on Inauguration Day, Columbus leaders remember
Today's local leaders expressed defiance toward Trump, while young speakers at the Columbus celebration spoke in hopeful tones about the future.
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Banner project traces some of the Lehigh Valley’s Black history
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