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Are banks open today? Federal bank holidays in 2024
Bankrate via AOL· 4 days agoHere are the Federal Reserve System bank holidays for 2024: Bank holidays 2024 New Year’s Day Jan. 1 Martin Luther King</ ...
The Civic Promise of Juneteenth
Time Magazine· 3 days agoBy contrast the relatively lukewarm reception to Martin Luther King Jr. Day has made education about difficult stories ...
Thousands come together in Aurora to celebrate Juneteenth
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoThere was a party going on Saturday at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Aurora, as thousands came...
No print edition of the Post-Dispatch on July 4th. Puzzles, comics to run a day early.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 2 days agoThe Post-Dispatch, like all news organizations, has had to change and adapt as our readers’ habits...
Idaho Falls Pride announces weekend of celebration with drag show, parade, festival and more - East...
EastIdahoNews.com· 2 days ago“For us, that means reflecting on the people who came before ourselves and who fought for LGBTQ+...
Sen. Perkins Kwoka tried to make Juneteenth a New Hampshire holiday; House said no.
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn 1999, New Hampshire became the last state to officially name Martin Luther King Jr. Day a state...
Juneteenth 2024: Outdoor events, 5K, Black business showcase honor holiday in Binghamton
Press & Sun-Bulletin· 5 days agoIn 2021, Juneteenth was signed as a federal holiday, the first approved holiday since Martin Luther ...
Daywatch: A real-world ‘Sesame Street’ in Chicago
Chicago Tribune· 20 hours agoWhat was once an empty lot at the southwest corner of Douglas Boulevard and Central Park Avenue has been reinvented as a space reminiscent of a...
UB celebrates Juneteenth
UB Reporter· 2 days agoBuffalo kicked off its 2024 Juneteenth celebration — considered one of the largest in the country — on June 7 with the raising of the African American pride flag in Niagara Square sponsored ...
‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival...
The Boston Globe· 1 day agoWilkerson reflected on the fraught narrative surrounding Juneteenth and its origins. Juneteenth, the...