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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed on Wednesday for the federal holiday
FOX 7 Austin· 11 hours agoThe holiday has also been called Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, second Independence Day
What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday, arrives next week. The day commemorates the day...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"Beginning in 2022, the Postal Service will recognize the Juneteenth National Independence Day as a ...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThe move came two years after it was declared a national holiday by way of the Juneteenth National...
What is Juneteenth?
Branson Tri-Lakes News· 6 hours agoJuneteenth, short for June nineteenth, celebrates the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas freeing all enslaved people. Also known ...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday in Oklahoma
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoIs Juneteenth a federal holiday? Yes. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. Are banks closed on
Lexington Democrat will attempt to make Juneteenth a state holiday (again)
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoGeorge Brown, D-Lexington, says he will file legislation in 2025 to try and establish Juneteenth as...
Juneteenth is Wednesday. Here are local weekend events that will celebrate the holiday
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoThis will be a day of cultural performances, historical exhibits, and community dialogues. ▪ A ...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoJuneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that...Emancipation Proclamation two years ...