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Opal Lee kicks off another year of Juneteenth celebrations
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 25 minutes agoOpal Lee is an author, a teacher, a civil rights activist, and she’s known as "The Grandmother of Juneteenth." The Tex Factor sat down with the 96-year-old Fort Worth resident ...
Juneteenth: What's open & what's closed on America’s newest federal holiday
TheStreet.com· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery after the U.S. Civil War, and while government buildings and the NYSE are closed, most retail stores are open. Banks, federal offices ...
Juneteenth to be observed as a state holiday for the first time | ABC6
ABC 6 Providence· 3 days agoFor the first time, Rhode Island is recognizing Juneteenth as a state holiday. As the holiday is...
Jersey City Juneteenth Celebrations Set To Be Bigger And Better This Year
Black Enterprise· 4 days agoIn a news release shared with BLACK ENTERPRISE, All About Us revealed that the festival will take...
Pittsburgh City Council approves $125,000 in funds for for first city-run Juneteenth celebration
WPXI· 2 days agoOn Wednesday, Pittsburgh City Council approved funding for the first official city-run Juneteenth...
D-Day's 80th anniversary is June 6: What to know about the World War II invasion
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoThe operation is known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history, involving 150,000...
Is the post office open on Memorial Day? Will mail run today?
Birmingham News· 4 days agoMemorial Day (Monday, May 27, 2024) is a federal holiday, meaning government offices are closed....
Harriet Tubman Purple Hat Society’s Juneteenth Luncheon will honor six
Staten Island Advance· 2 days agoThe Harriet Tubman Purple Hat Society will host its eighth annual Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 14 at Li Greci’s Staaten in West Brighton from 8 p.m. until midnight ...
What is open and closed in Chicago on Memorial Day?
CBS News· 5 days agoWhat are the 11 federal holidays in the U.S.? Memorial Day is one of 11 federal holidays in the country. The others are New Year's Day, Martin Luther...
Summer is here with Augusta-area festivals, outdoor concerts, and more fun in the Sun
The Augusta Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"The Big Mo" costs $10 for adults, $5 for ages 4-11, and free for younger kids. For the latest show...