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Do you have to work on Juneteenth? Here's what's open, closed
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJuneteenth. Non-essential employees in the local branches of government will be off for Juneteenth,...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time via Yahoo News· 5 days agoUnlike the 2021 unanimous Senate vote and 415-14 House tally in favor of the Juneteenth holiday, the 1983 voting process for the King holiday< ...
Here’s what’s open (and closed) on Juneteenth 2024
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoJuneteenth? Federal offices will be closed on June 19. It’s also an official holiday in all 50 states (and the District of Columbia). Are any retail and...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 5 days agoOthers may choose to treat Juneteenth as a day of rest and remembrance. That can mean doing community service, attending...time off. The important thing...
Kansas celebrates Juneteenth, and ongoing fight for equality, for first time as state holiday
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 5 days agoLewis, the superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools who serves on the Kansas African American...
What is Juneteenth and how are people marking the day?
Post-Bulletin· 5 days agoJuneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday ...
Juneteenth observed in Louisville with parties, events to mark the end of slavery
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 5 days agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, commemorates the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in...
Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery
Olean Times Herald· 5 days agoJuneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates ...
Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WPIX New York City, NY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThey can choose to observe holidays as paid ones, and ADP notes that many employees have either done so for Juneteenth or offered employees ...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Politico· 5 days agoPeople who never gave the June 19 holiday more than a passing thought may be asking themselves, is there a “right” way to celebrate Juneteenth? Is