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What is Juneteenth? Here's why we celebrate the federal holiday in South Carolina
The Greenville News· 3 days agoPresident Joe Biden designated Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, but the holiday itself has been...
Syracuse.com offers free family portraits at Juneteenth celebration
The Post-Standard· 3 hours agoJuneteenth returns this weekend, kicking off with a flag raising at City Hall on Friday afternoon....
All-Black burlesque show takes Juneteenth's spirit of liberation to the stage
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 hours agoIn celebration of the holiday this year, the Juneteenth Jumpoff, an annual cabaret-burlesque show,...
Fun Juneteenth events set for Jackson. See what's going on here
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth, the day set aside to commemorate June 19, 1865, when the last enslaved people in the...
Juneteenth, Jim Crow and how the fight of one Black Texas family to make freedom real offers lessons...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoFor the formerly enslaved Black people in Texas, Juneteenth meant more than freedom. It meant...
When is Juneteenth? What to know about the holiday commemorating freedom from slavery
The Oklahoman· 5 days agoThis will be the third year that Juneteenth is celebrated widely as a federal holiday, but the ...
Will the post office be open on Juneteenth? Here's what will and won't be open
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoFedEx and UPS will both be fully operating on the holiday. Will banks be open on Juneteenth? As it is a federal holiday, all banks and ...
Lexington Democrat will attempt to make Juneteenth a state holiday (again)
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoPast efforts to do so have failed. Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, commemorating the...
What is open and closed on Juneteenth in Florida? Holiday is on a Wednesday this year
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAre Florida government offices open on Juneteenth? All non-essential federal government offices are...
Juneteenth events celebrate freedom, diversity
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 6 hours agoJune 19 will mark the third year that Juneteenth is being recognized as a federal holiday. In Michigan, it has been a recognized holiday