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Juneteenth Proclaimed State Holiday Again in Alabama, After Bill to Make It Permanent Falters
US News & World Report· 1 hour 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 ...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
Juneteenth will again be state holiday in Alabama this year
Birmingham News· 4 hours agoJuneteenth will again be a state holiday in Alabama this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. ...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 18 hours agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 15 hours agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-everJuneteenth parade as part of its...
Memorial Day 2024: What is open, closed in Florida?
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoholidays in the U.S. Memorial Day became an official federalholiday in 1971. The 10 other federal holidays observed annually are: New ...
Louisville Juneteenth Festival will be hosted at Lynn Family Stadium on June 15
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 5 days agoLouisville Juneteenth Festival will be held at Lynn Family Stadium in the Butchertown neighborhood...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via AOL· 2 days agoSummer may seem far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, Juneteenth. This holiday...
Civil rights icon Opal Lee headed to Japan to share the story ofJuneteenth, message of freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 6 days agoLee, 97, will spend 10 days abroad sharing her life story, the message of freedom, and the story of ...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoPresident Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. Despite that, Florida — along with...