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Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 5 days agoWhen is Juneteenth 2024? Juneteenth always falls on June 19. For 2024, it happens to be a Wednesday. Is Juneteenth a national
How are federal holidays created?
CBS News· 5 days agoJuneteenth, it would go on to be called, started with small celebrations in the Lone Star State, the first steps in a long journey to earning a...
History behind Juneteenth, how and why it became a federal holiday
KOAA5· 4 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States and stems from an event in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops ...
Alabama lawmaker to push for permanent Juneteenth state holiday again
WBRC Fox 6 Birmingham· 4 days agoWhile Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, and Gov. Kay Ivey proclaimed it a state holiday...
Juneteenth poet encourages celebration of the historic holiday and to spread positivity with words
Fox local via AOL· 4 days agoThe poet of "Juneteenth," which is displayed at the Phoenix Children's Museum, is a teenager who also has her work displayed in Las Vegas and Miami. She encourages all people ...
Sen. Perkins Kwoka tried to make Juneteenth a New Hampshire holiday; House said no.
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNew Hampshire is that 'Live Free or Die' state so, you know, we will just keep trying.” Vermont...
Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Juneteenth 2024
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoJuneteenth became a federal holiday just three years ago, so there’s still a lot of confusion about its impact on people’s day-to-day lives. If you’re...
South Bend residents come together to 'ring with harmonies of Liberty' at Juneteenth event
South Bend Tribune· 1 day agoThe celebration was for Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks June 19, 1865, the day enslaved...
Juneteenth: A holiday for our forgetfulness
Dallas Morning News· 5 days agoJuneteenth, only solidified as an American federal holiday three years ago, remembers the effective “end” of slavery in our own state, when Maj. Gen....
Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJuneteenth became an official federal holiday when President Joe Biden signed a bill on June 17,...