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Kansas celebrates Juneteenth, and ongoing fight for equality, for first time as state holiday
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 6 days agoLewis, the superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools who serves on the Kansas African American...
What's open and closed on Juneteenth? Here's what to know about post office, store hours
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoThis event occurred...years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth was...
Juneteenth advances as state holiday despite enduring opposition
Axios· 6 days agoJuneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has...
Some say Juneteenth is ‘a day just as important as the Fourth of July’
WFLA via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen the legislature convenes in 2025, we should seriously consider making Juneteenth a state ...
Today is Juneteenth, but the state of New Jersey will also celebrate Friday. Here's why
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 6 days agoNew Jersey state holidays Juneteenth is one of 13 total state holidays that New Jersey is scheduled...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
Today· 6 days agoOn that date in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform 250,000...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWhen is Juneteenth 2024? Juneteenth always falls on June 19. For...to be a Wednesday. Is Juneteenth a national holiday
Florida state offices closed extra day for Fourth of July. See state, federal holidays
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoRecord-breaking travel expected over Fourth of July holiday An estimated 70.9 million people will travel for the Fourth of July...news release. Contributors: C.A. Bridges, ...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
First Coast News· 7 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...