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Are banks open today? Federal bank holidays in 2024
Bankrate via AOL· 4 days agoDay Jan. 15 Presidents’ Day Feb. 19 Memorial Day May 27 Juneteenth National Independence Day June 19 Independence Day July 4 Labor...
Juneteenth celebration brings community together in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday
The Citizens' Voice· 6 days agoWILKES-BARRE — Juneteenth came four days early in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park on...
Equal Justice Initiative adds statue of MLK to Legacy Plaza in Montgomery
Birmingham News· 3 days agoThe Equal Justice Initiative has added a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. to its Legacy Plaza, the...
Erica Yee, CalMatters
The Raw Story· 5 days agoThis story was originally published by CalMatters, nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. Detranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found ...
Groups celebrate Juneteenth across Indianapolis
WTHR Indianapolis· 2 days agoMartin Luther King Jr. Park on the near east side. "This is an opportunity to celebrate the significance of Juneteenth, but also plant ...
Celebrating local Pride Heroes: Peter Rosenstein was inspired by MLK to become an impactful activist...
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoThe picture shows a 16-year-old Rosenstein presenting an award to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Daywatch: A real-world ‘Sesame Street’ in Chicago
Chicago Tribune· 1 hour agoWhat was once an empty lot at the southwest corner of Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Avenue has been reinvented as a space reminiscent of a...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 9 hours agoJohn Everett Benson, a stone carver whose lapidary inscriptions mark the grave of President John F....
Gerth: In Kentucky, it's Oreo cookies and not Juneteenth that's important
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoEspecially since, he notes, 42 other states approved Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as state...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 2 days agoThat meant he was a soldier who served in a United States Colored Troops regiment that fought for...