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Juneteenth 2024: Outdoor events, 5K, Black business showcase honor holiday in Binghamton
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoIn 2021, Juneteenth was signed as a federal holiday, the first approved holiday since Martin Luther King...challenges and discrimination ...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
Today· 4 days agoOn that date in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform 250,000...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 4 days agoThe term “Juneteenth” is a blend of the words June and nineteenth; theholiday has also been called ...
Kansas celebrates Juneteenth, and ongoing fight for equality, for first time as state holiday
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLewis, the superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools who serves on the Kansas African American...
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 4 days agoToday, June 19, or “Juneteenth,” commemorates the end of slavery in the defeated South. The date...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen is Juneteenth 2024? Juneteenth always falls on June 19. For...to be a Wednesday. Is Juneteenth a national holiday
Marking Juneteenth in N.H. after lawmakers voted against making it astate holiday - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoFor generations, Black Americans have celebrated with parades, festivals, music, and cookouts. The...
Gov. Laura Kelly recognizes Juneteenth as state holiday
WIBW Topeka· 5 days agoWith an important proclamation, Governor Laura Kelly celebrated the Juneteenth holiday with the...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoDay (Nov. 11, 2024) Thanksgiving Day (Fourth Thursday of November - Nov. 28, 2024) Christmas Day (Dec. 25, 2024) Includes reporting by USA Today Network reporter Katie Wiseman ...
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThree years after it was made a federal holiday, Juneteenth 2024 marks a day of celebration as well...