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Colorado observes Juneteenth holiday: What’s closed Wednesday
KKTV 11 Colorado Springs· 6 days agoPresident Joe Biden officially proclaimed June 19 a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Jared Polis...
This 97-Year-Old Activist Helped Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday
Biography via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOpal Lee earned a Nobel Peace Prize nomination in 2022 for her part in creating the Juneteenth...
COVID is bouncing back this summer. Here’s what to know
Los Angeles Times· 5 hours agoSummer just started, but California’s not-too-surprising seasonal COVID bump is already going...
JD Crowe: Celebrate Juneteenth and abolish Alabama’s Confederate holidays
Birmingham News· 6 days agoJune 19 has long been recognized by African Americans as a day to celebrate the end of slavery. It...
Celebrating Juneteenth isn't rejecting the Fourth of July. It honors freedom for all.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday on June 19 commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black people,...
Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Juneteenth 2024
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoThe next scheduled holiday is July 4. Are government offices open on Juneteenth? Federal offices will be closed on June 19. It’s also ...
Juneteenth festivities: Celebrations happening across Southern California
KTLA articles via Yahoo News· 6 days agoBlack Americans across the country will celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, with events including...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via AOL· 6 days agoThe King holiday can and should continue to be celebrated as a point of national unity around a fallen hero, of course. But the ongoing celebration of...
What's open and closed for Juneteenth in Iowa?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth is Wednesday, June 19, and the holiday commemorates the day enslaved African Americans in Texas were finally freed on < ...
Recognizing and celebrating Juneteenth across the Kansas City area
WDAF via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOLATHE, Kan. – June 19 marks Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. and...
