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The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national ...
Michigan marks its 1st Juneteenth as an official state holiday
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWednesday will not be the first observance of Juneteenth in Michigan, but it will be the first time...
On Juneteenth, Gov. Dunleavy weighs adding a new legal holiday for Alaska
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDunleavy is weighing whether to sign a bill to make it a legal holiday in Alaska. Dunleavy has until...
Juneteenth could become a paid state holiday next year
Anchorage Daily News· 4 days agoThe Alaska Legislature earlier this year passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, a June 19th...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoThe newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, is on Wednesday, June 19. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday, including what ...
Sen. Perkins Kwoka tried to make Juneteenth a New Hampshire holiday; House said no.
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days agoNew Hampshire is that 'Live Free or Die' state so, you know, we will just keep trying.” Vermont...
Juneteenth isn’t just a Black holiday. It’s for all Americans
NPR· 2 days agoThat is one reason the magnificent Opal Lee, the Fort Worth native known as the grandmother of ...
What is Juneteenth? What do I say? What do I do? A starter guide to the federal holiday
Tri-City Herald· 3 days agoThose who celebrate Juneteenth have different traditions for marking the holiday, and it’s important to know what some of them are.
All Juneteenth Holiday bills in Mississippi died in committee
WJTV Jackson· 2 days agoJACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Amid local, national and familial celebrations of Juneteenth Wednesday,...
History behind Juneteenth, how and why it became a federal holiday
KOAA5· 2 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 ...