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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 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...
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...
Florida state offices closed extra day for Fourth of July. See state, federal holidays
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoYes, July 4, also called Independence Day, is one of 11 federal holidays: New Year’s Day - Jan. 1 Martin Luther King’s Birthday...Birthday - third Monday ...
Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoThe fact it wasn’t a federal holiday until 2021 is a reflection of both racism and our uneasiness...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
KREM.com Spokane· 7 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
History behind Juneteenth, how and why it became a federal holiday
KOAA5· 6 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States and stems from an event in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops ...
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...
Juneteenth: What to know about newest federal holiday and if mail comes Wednesday
Axios· 6 days agoThe growth of Juneteenth as a paid day off for private companies has severely slowed three years after it became a federal holiday, according to a survey ...
Today is Juneteenth. What to know about what will be closed and why we celebrate
The Indianapolis Star· 6 days agoToday is Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the United...