Here's what's open and what's closed in and around the area on Presidents Day

Steven Spearie, State Journal-Register
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The gesture of Gilbert Stuart’s Lansdowne portrait of George Washington—a highlight of the Portrait Gallery’s permanent collection, right, seemingly welcomes visitors to the the life-size painting of President Abraham Lincoln by artist W.F.K. Travers created in 1865 as the Lincoln portrait is unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. on Friday, February 10, 2023.

Presidents Day is celebrated Monday and is a federal holiday, meaning most government offices and courts will be closed and there will be no mail delivery.

Most banks also are closed.

Presidents Day is referred to as George Washington's birthday.

Government offices and courts

Federal offices and courts, State of Illinois offices and courts and Sangamon County offices and courts are closed Monday in observance of Presidents Day.

Illinois Secretary of State offices and driver services facilities operating on a Tuesday through Saturday schedule will be closed on Saturday. Offices and facilities operating on a Monday through Friday schedule will be closed Monday.

City of Springfield offices, including Lincoln Library and the administrative offices of Oak Ridge Cemetery, are open Monday. The city observes Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which was marked last Monday, as a holiday.

The Springfield Public School District 186 headquarters on West Monroe in Springfield, Ill., Monday, August 2, 2021. [Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register]
The Springfield Public School District 186 headquarters on West Monroe in Springfield, Ill., Monday, August 2, 2021. [Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register]

Schools

District 186 schools and offices are closed Monday. The board of education has been moved to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The board meets at 1900 W. Monroe St.

There are no classes at Midwest Technical Institute on Presidents Day, but offices are open.

The University of Illinois Springfield, Lincoln Land Community College, Illinois College and Blackburn College are all open and are in session Monday.

Sangamon Mass Transit District

Sangamon Mass Transit District buses will run regular schedules Monday.

Tourist attractions

Tourist attractions like the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum and the Lincoln Home National Historic Site are open regular hours Monday.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, left, retained by the family of Earl Moore Jr., speaks during a news conference at the Springfield, Ill., NAACP with Moore's mother Rosena Washington, right, Thursday Jan. 19, 2023, In Springfield. Moore's family has filed a lawsuit against the two paramedics and their employer, in the death of Moore attorneys said Thursday. (Thomas Turney/The State Journal-Register via AP)

Ben Crump in Springfield

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump will address the Lincoln-Douglass Freedom Fund Banquet, sponsored by the Springfield branch of the NAACP, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 3000 S. Dirksen Pkwy., at 2:45 p.m. Sunday.

Crump is representing the family and estate of Earl L. Moore Jr., the victim of a Dec. 18 homicide in Springfield, in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Tickets are $75. For more information, visit the Springfield NAACP website.

ALA birthday banquet

Author and political insider Sidney Blumenthal will headline the Abraham Lincoln Association Birthday Banquet at the downtown President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, 701 E. Adams St., at 7 p.m. on Sunday.

Blumenthal's five-volume biography, "The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln," is nearing completion with the last two books, covering 1860 to 1865, on their way. Blumenthal's talk in Springfield will address the yet-to-be-published works.

The author of "The Clinton Wars," Blumenthal was an assistant and senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and senior advisor to Hillary Clinton.

Banquet tickets are $95. Reservations can be made at www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org or by calling (217) 546-2656.

Michael Burlingame, the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, will moderate a panel discussion Sunday of authors presenting at the Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in downtown Springfield.
Michael Burlingame, the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, will moderate a panel discussion Sunday of authors presenting at the Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel in downtown Springfield.

Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium

The Benjamin P. Thomas Symposium will be held beginning at 10 a.m. at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel, 701 E. Adams St., on Sunday.

The luncheon speaker is author Terry Alford ("In the Houses of Their Dead"). Other presenters include Michael Green, Edward Achorn and Jonathan W. White. Historian and author Michael Burlingame, the Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield, will moderate a roundtable discussion beginning at 2:15 p.m.

All authors will be signing their books beginning at 3 p.m.

The symposium luncheon at the hotel at 12:15 p.m. is $35. Reservations can be made at www.abrahamlincolnassociation.org or by calling (217) 546-2656.

Contact Steven Spearie: (217) 622-1788, sspearie@sj-r.com, twitter.com/@StevenSpearie.

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