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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WKYC Cleveland· 6 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via AOL· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
What is Juneteenth? What do I say? What do I do? A starter guide to the federal holiday
Tri-City Herald· 6 days agoThose who celebrate Juneteenth have different traditions for marking the holiday, and it’s important to know what some of them are.
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 6 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what’s open and closed on ...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 7 days agoWednesday, June 19th is a federal holiday, meaning government offices will be closed and mail will...
Alabama lawmaker to push for permanent Juneteenth state holiday again
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 5 days agoWhile Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed it a state holiday...
Juneteenth advances as state holiday despite enduring opposition
Axios· 6 days agoJuneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has...
Juneteenth is on Wednesday. Here’s what will and won’t be closed for the holiday in Boise
The Idaho Statesman· 7 days agoJuneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday since 2021.