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What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 16 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
On This Day, June 19: Deadly Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in Florida
United Press International via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThe day came to be celebrated annually as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day....
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 1 day agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and what’s closed in DC, Maryland and Virginia
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 9 hours agoJune 19 — Juneteenth — commemorates the day that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and 2,0000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay...that two and a half years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863 ...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoSupreme Court Building after the High Tribunal ruled that segregtion in public schoolsis...
NYC Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed, things to do
FOX 5 New York· 13 hours agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in...
The Good Side: Juneteenth Mural Project
WKYT Lexington· 9 hours agoThe Absolute Equality Juneteenth Mural Project recently added a new mural in Washington, DC
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 14 hours agoFood also plays an important part, with barbecues being one of the most popular ways of marking the day with family and friends. Many people choose to...
Is the post office closed on Juneteenth? Here's what's open on Wednesday.
WWL-TV, Channel 4 New Orleans· 2 days agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19, commemorating the day when the last...