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When is Juneteenth? Did the holiday start in Texas? Here’s everything you need to know
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 6 days agoCity hall and other federal, state and local government offices will be closed along with Fort Worth...
New York Juneteenth weather update
Newsweek· 4 days agoNew Yorkers can expect hot weather today as they mark Juneteenth, with a high of 83 degrees Fahrenheit. The low will be around 73 F, and the evening will...
Are banks and the post office open on Juneteenth 2024?
NBC Washington· 5 days agoThe U.S. government was slow to embrace the occasion — it was only in 2021 that President Joe Biden...
Our Fourth of July: Celebrating Emancipation in the Salt City
The Post-Standard· 4 days agoWhile references to this joyful day seem ubiquitous these days, for many, President Biden’s signing...
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...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 4 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
Juneteenth gains in popularity and so does making money from it
Axios· 4 days agoState of play: The rapid commercialization of Juneteenth comes as some states pass laws limiting the...
The Juneteenth flag is flying over Milwaukee right now. What is it, and what does it represent?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth an official federal holiday. It has...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue· 3 days agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law,...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and what’s closed in DC, Maryland and Virginia
Fox local via AOL· 3 days agoGen. Gordon Granger and 2,0000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to free more than 200,000 slaves who didn’t know that two and a half years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham ...
