What is Juneteenth and why is it important? Find out the history and meaning behind the federal holiday, plus when and how you can celebrate.

Here's a list of what will be open and closed on Juneteenth 2024, including banks, post offices, schools, stores, the DMV and the stock market.

E ach year as June 19 rolls around, families, neighbors and communities across the country will come together to celebrate Juneteenth or Freedom Day. The celebration marks the per ...

On that date in 1865, federal troops arrived ... To commemorate the end of slavery, a new holiday was created on June 19, abbreviated to Juneteenth, that we celebrate to this day.

While it seemed to local CSEA president Megan Brewer that her fight to get the City of Lockport to add Juneteenth as a paid holiday for her members was finally won, a Common Council resolution to ...

The Alabama House of Representatives passed a bill that would make Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end of slavery, a state holiday. State offices wouldn't close that day, rather employees ...

CONCORD — Those who have celebrated Juneteenth in New Hampshire might be surprised to learn it’s not an official state holiday. Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. By the end of ...

MONTGOMERY — A bill that would officially recognize Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, as a state holiday passed unanimously in the Alabama House Thursday.

and recognize Juneteenth as an official paid holiday. Sitting across the negotiating table is the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations (RAB), as well as several private companies including ...

Juneteenth Bulloch is excited to announce the fourth annual Juneteenth Music and Food Festival. This event is a heartfelt tribute to the emancipation of enslaved African Americans and a celebration of ...

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Lee started her mission in 2016 when she was 89, pledging to walk from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C. to have Juneteenth named a national holiday. In all, there are 10 men and nine women ...