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Visitors are at the King Historic Site once again

Thanks to a grant from Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines

ATLANTA — Saturday morning, one of the city of Atlanta's most iconic and historic sites was back open. 

A grant from Delta Air Lines is allowing the MLK Historic Site to re-open, just in time for MLK Day, after it was closed because of the ongoing partial federal government shutdown.

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Thanks to the grant from Delta, people can now go inside places like the Visitor's Center, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and the home where Dr. King was born.

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The more than $83,000 grant will keep the iconic locations in the Sweet Auburn Historic District open.

King Center CEO Bernice King and US Congressman John Lewis were among those who offered thanks to Delta on social media.

And despite the shutdown, it has not kept people from visiting the site.

"With the weekend coming up, we've planned this trip for months," said Lisette Ruiz who was visiting the site on Saturday. "I come down here, and everything is closed. So, I'm a little frustrated."

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"When you shut down, it doesn't let the community or the kids see what happened back then, so they govern themselves going forward," said Keith Suggs, another visitor on Saturday morning.

Frustrations will take a backseat, because, again, everything is open and will stay open through the Super Bowl.

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