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When is Memorial Day 2024? What's open/closed and why we celebrate the federal holiday.
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoWhat is closed on Memorial Day? Federal and state offices and schools and banks. Unlike Christmas,...
Oldest Juneteenth Organization Acknowledges White House for Recognizing Representative Al Edwards...
Digital Journal· 5 days agoElected to the Texas State Legislature in 1979, Edwards authored and championed the bill that established Juneteenth as a state
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoIt became the 11th federally recognized holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S.475. What is Juneteenth? When President ...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoIn Florida, the state's own Emancipation Day has also had informal and more formal celebrations through the ages, said ...of the Emancipation Proclamation ‒ this time in Texas ...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoIs Juneteenth an official state holiday in SC? In 2022, S.C. senators approved a bill givingstate...
25 Countries with the Most Public Holidays in the World
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 7 hours agoIn this article, we will take a look at the 25 countries with the most public holidays in the world....
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 4 days agoProclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863, there were still enslaved...
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 1 day agoThe White House said the recipients are “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or...
Longtime organizer of Juneteenth celebration in Pittsburgh raises concerns about city-sponsored ...
CBS News· 4 days agoPittsburgh has picked the organizer it wants to run this year's city-sponsored Juneteenth...
Opal Lee receives honorary doctorate degree from SMU
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 1 day agoLee is a civil rights icon who championed Juneteenth awareness, an informal Texas holiday celebrated since Reconstruction recognizing the day in 1865,...