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What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThough Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't until 2021 that the day...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTexas was the first to make Juneteenth a state holiday in 1980, but it wasn't until June 17, 2021,...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed on Wednesday for the federal holiday
FOX 7 Austin· 10 hours agoThe U.S. government was slow to embrace the occasion — it was only in 2021 that President Joe Biden...
What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe move came two years after it was declared a national holiday by way of the Juneteenth National...
What is Juneteenth? Here's why we celebrate the federal holiday in South Carolina
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden designated Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021, but the holiday itself has been...
Memphis celebrating Juneteenth since ‘before it was cool’
WREG articles via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoMEMPHIS, Tenn. — This weekend kicks off a celebration of freedom with Juneteenth. The day was...
We All Rise organization’s Juneteenth celebration marks 5th year
WBAY Green Bay· 6 hours agoThe Green Bay organization We All Rise is hosting its fifth annual Juneteenth celebration next week....
8 days of Juneteenth celebrations to kick off Saturday in Akron
Gannett via AOL· 7 hours agoAlso known as African American Emancipation Day, it became a federal holiday in 2021. Downtown Akron...
Perspective | Talk to kids about Juneteenth, and let food guide the conversation
Washington Post· 1 day agoJuneteenth became our newest federal holiday in 2021, 156 years after Union Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived in Galveston, Tex., on June 19, 1865 ...