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Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 3 days agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought...
Juneteenth observances celebrate emancipation, civil rights
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoJun. 21—Children of different races frolicked in the Elliott Park's splash pad Wednesday while Wilma Newton recalled when the park was segregated. "It was the Black park," Newton said. "When ...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 9 hours agoOn “Juneteenth,” I heard the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, read over the radio, and it was inspiring to hear the words of...be some time...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 3 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after...
Chicago Juneteenth events: Museums, festivals, food trucks and more | See list
ABC 7 Chicago· 3 days agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people of African descent in Galveston, Texas learned...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery. On this day in 1865, federal troops arrived in...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, what’s closed on Wednesday? UPS, FedEx, banks, mail delivery, stock...
NJ.com· 3 days agoJuneteenth 2024 is on Wednesday, June 19. It celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB Radio· 3 days agoOn Wednesday, Americans celebrate June 19, also called Juneteenth National Independence Day. It’s an...