Press Release - Monday, May 28, 2007
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More state historic sites resume daily operations beginning Memorial Day
SPRINGFIELD - Additional state historic sites resume daily operations beginning Memorial Day and running through Labor Day, repeating a successful move began last year by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to attract more visitors to Illinois and generate more tourism dollars for many communities.
"Gov. Blagojevich has made it a priority to open our historic sites each day during the months when we experience most of our visitation. This allows visitors to experience our history every day of the week while spending money on food, supplies and other items in local communities," said Robert Coomer, director of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency (IHPA), which administers all state-operated historic sites.
Historic sites that will resume daily operations from Memorial Day, May 28 through Labor Day, September 3, 2007 include: Bishop Hill; Bryant Cottage, Bement; Cahokia Courthouse, Cahokia; Carl Sandburg Birthplace, Galesburg; Stephen A. Douglas Tomb, Chicago; Fort de Chartres, Prairie du Rocher; Fort Kaskaskia, Ellis Grove; Pierre Menard Home, Ellis Grove; Jubilee College, Brimfield; Vandalia Statehouse, Vandalia; and the Ulysses S. Grant Home, Galena.
These sites join others that resumed daily operations April 16, including Apple River Fort, Elizabeth; Black Hawk, Rock Island; Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville; Lewis and Clark, Hartford; Lincoln Log Cabin, near Charleston; Lincoln-Herndon Law Offices, Springfield; Old State Capitol, Springfield; and Lincoln's New Salem, Petersburg.
Lincoln Tomb State Historic Site and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum, both in Springfield, have always been open seven days per week and will retain that schedule.
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