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When is Memorial Day 2024? What's open/closed and why we celebrate the federal holiday.
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhat is closed on Memorial Day? Federal and state offices and schools and banks. Unlike Christmas,...
Louisville Juneteenth Festival will be hosted at Lynn Family Stadium on June 15
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 18 hours agoLouisville Juneteenth Festival will be held at Lynn Family Stadium in the Butchertown neighborhood...
Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire presents Juneteenth 2024 celebration
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoPORTSMOUTH — Juneteenth, a federal holiday celebrated each year on June 19, is the oldest known...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIs Juneteenth an official state holiday in SC? In 2022, S.C. senators approved a bill givingstate...
Civil rights icon Opal Lee headed to Japan to share the story ofJuneteenth, message of freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 2 days agoLee is a civil rights icon who championed Juneteenth awareness, an informal Texas holiday celebrated...
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via AOL· 7 days agoProclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863, there were still enslaved...
Marshall native, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth' gets Presidential Medal of Freedom
The Marshall News Messenger· 4 days agoThe White House said the recipients are “exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn Florida, the state's own Emancipation Day has also had informal and more formal celebrations through the ages, said ...of the Emancipation Proclamation ‒ this time in Texas ...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoIt became the 11th federally recognized holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S.475. What is Juneteenth? When President ...
Bustang will provide rides to Estes Park for fifth consecutive year, adds Juneteenth
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoCDOT plans to have the Bustang to Estes route make two roundtrips on Saturdays, Sundays and holiday...