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.

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.

“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. Day is Monday. Here are a few Lehigh Valley events to celebrate the civil rights leader’s life, his work and his dream.

The annual event coinciding with the holiday kicked off with participants meeting at the Comfort Suites on West Third Street.

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. King's 96th birthday, citizens in the Lower Hudson Valley raised their voices and served their communities through their actions.

It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and the legacy of the civil rights leader is being celebrated in Massachusetts. Here is a list of events honoring Dr. King in Boston.

For many, including nonprofit organizations, Martin Luther King Day serves as a time for remembrance and an opportunity to give back to their communities.