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What's open and closed on Juneteenth? Here's what to know about post office, store hours
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoJuneteenth, which falls on June 19, is a national holiday this week. Juneteenth, short for "June...
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 26 minutes agoJuneteenth is the holiday of delay and denial. It is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation was ...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 minutes agoFlorida's "Juneteenth" may now be overshadowed by the federal holiday. However, Florida Emancipation...
VOICES: For Juneteenth, read the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation
Dayton Daily News· 26 minutes agoIt wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas that the army...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
Rhode Island Current via Yahoo News· 26 minutes agoAfter decades of being celebrated at mostly the local level, Juneteenth – the long-standing holiday...
Celebrating Juneteenth isn't rejecting the Fourth of July. It honors freedom for all.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 16 minutes agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday on June 19 commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black people,...
Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 21 hours agoDay was created in 1983. Juneteenth National Independence Day is a holiday steeped in history,...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in...