A pastor from the Chesterfield area will be taking part at a service in St. Charles as part of an annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Check out what else is happening around the region in honor of the civil rights leader's life.
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Fee-free Arch visits, and sales.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a national holiday Monday, January 16. In St. Louis, the three-day weekend means it's free admission to the Gateway Arch on the Mississippi River, January 14-16. The National Parks Service has free admission days several times a year at many of its parks and monuments. Many celebrate the holiday as a day of service, to others, by volunteering wherever there is a need. On the other hand, K-Mart has taken the occasion to have blow-out sales during MLK Day holiday celebrations—online only. (See photo) King's leadership in non-violent civil disobedience resulted in key U.S. civil rights legislation during the mid-1960s, signed by then-President Lyndon Johnson—but not without the loss of King's life. King, 39, was …
