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.

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