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State historic sites holiday schedule
announced
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[DEC.
21, 2004]
SPRINGFIELD -- Most of the state historic sites administered
by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency will be closed Dec. 24, 25, 31
and Jan. 1 to observe the Christmas and New Year's holidays.
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All sites will be closed on Christmas
Day with the exception of the Colony Church at Bishop Hill State
Historic Site, which will have its annual Julotta church service at
6 a.m. It will then be closed the rest of the day.
All state historic sites will be closed
on New Year's Day.
All state historic sites will be
closed on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve with the following
exceptions: The Dana-Thomas House in Springfield will be open from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 24 and 31 for holiday tours, and the Old State
Capitol in Springfield and Fort de Chartres in Prairie du Rocher
will be open only during the evening of Dec. 31 for New Year's Eve
public events.
Visit
www.Illinois-History.gov
for schedule information about each historic site.
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The Illinois Historic Preservation
Agency operates the following sites: Apple River Fort, Elizabeth;
Bishop Hill; Black Hawk, Rock Island; Bryant Cottage, Bement;
Cahokia Courthouse; Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville; Carl Sandburg
Birthplace, Galesburg; Dana-Thomas House, Lincoln-Herndon Law
Offices, Lincoln Tomb, Old State Capitol, Vachel Lindsay Home and
the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, all in Springfield; David
Davis Mansion, Bloomington; Douglas Tomb, Chicago; Fort de Chartres,
Prairie du Rocher; Fort Kaskaskia and Pierre Menard Home, Ellis
Grove; Ulysses S. Grant Home and Old Market House, Galena; Jubilee
College, Brimfield; Lewis and Clark, Hartford; Lincoln Log Cabin,
Lerna; Lincoln's New Salem, Petersburg; Martin-Boismenue House,
North Dupo; Metamora Courthouse; Mount Pulaski Courthouse; Postville
Courthouse, Lincoln; and Vandalia Statehouse.
[Illinois
Historic Preservation Agency news release]
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