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Delta Air Lines Grant Allows Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park To Open Despite Shutdown

The Delta Air Lines Foundation has given the National Parks Service a grant to reopen the national park, located in Atlanta, from Saturday until February 3, in advance of the national holiday and days after the 90th anniversary of his birth.

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