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GoLocalProv | Food | “Taste of Juneteenth” Being Held in Providence on First Year of State Holiday
GoLocalProv· 17 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when the last slaves were freed in Texas, two and a half...
Honoring the nation’s fallen servicemen is true meaning of holiday | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette· 3 hours agoSince 1971, Americans have observed Memorial Day as a legal federal holiday occurring on the last...
What’s open and closed on Memorial Day | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 hours agoIn what had long been celebrated every May 30 to honor America's fallen soldiers, Memorial Day...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — as a state holiday, while legislative efforts to make ...
The Fed's favored inflation gauge highlights shortened trading week: What to know this week
Yahoo Finance via AOL· 12 hours agoThis is one of several reasons Chadha sees "upside risks" to his...Calendar Monday Markets are...
What's open and closed on Memorial Day in Connecticut
The News-Times· 15 hours agoMemorial Day has been observed since just after the Civil War, as a way to honor military personnel...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 7 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPresident Joe Biden in 2021 signed a law making Juneteenth a federal holiday. But efforts to declare Juneteenth a state holiday in Alabama ...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
FOX 25 Boston· 3 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
Memorial Day 2024: A soldier’s extraordinary speech on a somber day | Analysis
The Republican· 14 hours agoUnlike Veterans’ Day, a holiday to thank veterans and to pay tribute to the contributions of those...