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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 6 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...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 6 days 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· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
Will mail run today? Is post office open on Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)?
Birmingham News· 6 days agoJuneteenth – a celebration of one of the final acts of emancipation for slaves in the U.S. – is the...
Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoJuneteenth is a small yet important part of that overcoming. The fact it wasn’t a federal holiday...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WFAA Dallas-Fort Worth· 7 days agoSince it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoPresident Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. Katie Wiseman is a trending news intern at IndyStar. Contact her at klwiseman@gannett.com. Follow ...
Missouri Republican tells Black Americans to ‘kindly’ leave US if they don’t like country
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSo far, Trump has not issued an endorsement. President Joe Biden recognized Juneteenth as a federal ...
Juneteenth: What to know about newest federal holiday and if mail comes Wednesday
Axios· 6 days agoPresident Biden signed legislation in June 2021 for the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was created in 1983 ...
How are federal holidays created?
CBS News· 7 days agoJuneteenth, it would go on to be called, started with small celebrations in the Lone Star State, the first steps in a long journey to earning a...