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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...
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...
Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoJuneteenth is a small yet important part of that overcoming. The fact it wasn’t a federal holiday...
Missouri Republican tells Black Americans to ‘kindly’ leave US if they don’t like country
The Independent via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPresident Joe Biden recognized Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021. It became the first new...
Understanding history of Juneteenth; federal holiday since 2021
WITI via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJuneteenth recognizes the struggles of our past and looks with hope to the future. Matthew Goss was...
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 is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 6 days agoHere's everything you need to know about the holiday from what will be closed today and why we celebrate. When is Juneteenth 2024? Juneteenth always falls ...
Black advocates to use Juneteenth to demand political change
The Hill· 6 days agoAl Sharpton, founder and president...Network, told The Hill. Although President Biden declared...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoholiday but that shouldn't diminish its significance. Why Juneteenth is important: 'Our Independence...
Winona Celebrates Juneteenth
WKBT La Crosse· 6 days agoJuneteenth is a day commemorating when slaves in Galveston, Texas were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday since ...
