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Starting this month, several state-operated historic sites will be open seven days a week to accommodate more visitors during the summer tourist season.
Here is a list the state provided with dates the sites will be open every day of the week:
-Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices, Springfield from May 15 - September 7.
-Lincoln Tomb, Springfield from May 15 - September 7.
-Old State Capitol, Springfield from May 15 - September 7.
-Lincoln Log Cabin, Lerna from May 4 - September 7.
-Lincoln's New Salem, Petersburg from May 4 - September 14.
-Bjorklund Hotel, Colony Church and Bishop Hill Museum in Bishop Hill, from May 25 - September 7.
-Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville from May 4 - October 31; closed Mondays only starting November 1.
-Fort Kaskaskia, Ellis Grove until further notice.
-Lewis and Clark, Hartford starting May 4 until further notice.
-Vandalia Statehouse, Vandalia from May 3 - September 7.
The historic sites, with the exception of Fort Kaskaskia and Lewis and Clark, will return to their regular five-day-per-week schedules for the remainder of the year.
A supplemental appropriation bill the Illinois General Assembly passed and Governor Pat Quinn signed make the openings possible. The $1.6 million legislation allowed the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to reopen 11 historic sites that had been closed since December 1, 2008 and to hire the temporary, seasonal workers that are necessary to daily operations at several historic sites.
