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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 13 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· 13 hours agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in...
What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTexas was the first state to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday in 1980. Other states followed suit...
What is Juneteenth?
Branson Tri-Lakes News· 9 hours agoThe Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which was signed into law in 2021, made Juneteenth a federal holiday ...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoEd Markey of Massachusetts. Here's what to know about the holiday. What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday in Oklahoma
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoYes. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. Are banks closed on Juneteenth? Expect local banks and credit unions to be closed ...
Juneteenth 2024: What to do, where to celebrate in NYC
New York Daily News· 13 hours agoArmy soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, which was...
8 days of Juneteenth celebrations to kick off Saturday in Akron
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoAlso known as African American Emancipation Day, it became a federal holiday in 2021. Downtown Akron...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth in DFW
KDFW via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoNumerous Juneteenth events are being held across North Texas to celebrate the day slaves in Texas learned they had been freed. The grandmother of
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 12 hours agoJuneteenth marks the day on June 19, 1865, when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas...Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier ...
