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Lexington Democrat will attempt to make Juneteenth a state holiday (again)
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoPast efforts to do so have failed. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorating the...
United States Postal Service to close Wednesday for Juneteenth holiday
WBRZ 2 Baton Rouge· 1 day agoBATON ROUGE - United States Postal Service, or USPS retail locations will be closed, and there will...
Kentucky lawmakers announce new push to make Juneteenth a statewide holiday
WKYT Lexington· 16 hours agoAhead of the 2025 legislative session, one state representative has already announced plans to file...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's celebrations happening in Nashville and what is open and closed
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoJuneteenth, which derives from June nineteenth, marks the day in 1865 federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed enslaved people across the state< ...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday in Oklahoma
Gannett via AOL· 23 hours agoAre government offices closed on Juneteenth? Non-essential federal government offices are closed Wednesday for Juneteenth. However, Oklahoma state ...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' kicks off Middlesex County celebration of Black freedom
MyCentralJersey.com· 5 hours agoLee propelled the movement to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, enacted in 2021, and New Jersey...
Neighbors explain what Juneteenth means to them as the holiday approaches
KMTV 3 News Now Omaha· 11 hours agoNeighbors across Omaha share the importance of Juneteenth and what they plan to do celebrate the...
This son of a former NFL player kicks off the Juneteenth holiday with tennis in Detroit
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoUniversity varsity traveling tennis team in 1977 as a non-scholarship walk-on; displays highlighting...
Freeing the last slaves: Juneteenth celebrations on Cape Cod include music, food, history
Gannett via AOL· 5 hours agoThe library is located at 581 Woods Hole Road. The film screening will be followed by Juneteenth...
West Virginia Makes Juneteenth A State Holiday
Black Enterprise· 5 days agoOn June 7, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice released a state proclamation declaring Juneteenth a state holiday. The ...