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What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTo commemorate the end of slavery, a new holiday was created on June 19, abbreviated to Juneteenth,...
Map shows states where Juneteenth is recognized as a public holiday
Newsweek· 1 day agoJuneteenth National Independence Day was launched to celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S.—but...
‘People have worked so hard.’ Woman who helped make Juneteenth a national holiday visits New Jersey
News 12 New Jersey· 15 minutes agoIt’s been three years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday. It commemorates the day enslaved Blacks in Galveston, Texas learned about their freedom. Ahead of the celebration ...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed on Wednesday for the federal holiday
FOX 7 Austin· 5 days agoThe U.S. government was slow to embrace the occasion — it was only in 2021 that President Joe Biden...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 23 hours agoIn the lead-up to 19 June 2021, both chambers of the US Congress moved swiftly to pass the bill and - with the signature of President Biden, it became...
Is there mail on Juneteenth? Post Office, UPS, FedEx open hours
Newsweek· 21 hours agoWednesday is Juneteenth, a federal holiday that began under the Biden administration and celebrates...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWednesday will not be the first official observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the...
Juneteenth holiday: An important moment to contemplate our nation’s past and present
Louisiana Illuminator via Yahoo News· 44 minutes agoWhat in the world could they have been thinking? That’s one of the questions (or, at least, one...
Senator Markey champions Juneteenth federal holiday and criticizes Supreme Court's conservative...
GBH News· 19 hours agoMassachusetts Senator Ed Markey was one of the lead sponsors of the bill that established Juneteenth...
How the Utah Legislature wants to push back against the Biden administration in a special session
The Salt Lake Tribune· 12 hours agoOn Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, the...