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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Tallahassee Democrat· 5 days agoBay, Texas, with 2,000 Union troops with a message for the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
Channel 8 San Diego· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Why are state offices closed in New Jersey today? There's an explanation
The Record· 2 days agoThis year marks the third year that New Jersey will celebrate Juneteenth as an official state ...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 5 days agoWednesday, June 19th is a federal holiday, meaning government offices will be closed and mail will...
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt's just becoming much more wider and much more visible now." Commercialization of Juneteenth Since...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 4 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States ...
What you may not know about the ‘Father of Juneteenth’ Al Edwards
theGrio via AOL· 4 days agoThe Texas state representative, who died one year before Juneteenth became a federal holiday,...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoA federal lawsuit has resulted in a preliminary injunction against the law as an appellate panel...