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June 15, 2024 at 10:05 PM. Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the Emancipation Proclamation and ending slavery in the United States, is this month. It was officially recognized in 2021 by ...
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
Like most federal holidays, you can expect local banks and credit unions to be closed in observance of Juneteenth, so make sure you plan ahead if you need anything from the bank on Wednesday.
TERRY TANG. June 18, 2024 at 11:07 AM. For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in ...
The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be closed and mail won't be delivered on Wednesday, June 19. "Beginning in 2022, the Postal Service will recognize the Juneteenth National Independence ...
Banks, the postal service and the stock market will be closed for Juneteenth. What's open on Juneteenth? Most major retailers will likely remain open, like Walmart and Target, as they did in 2023 .
In 2021, Juneteenth became the latest federal holiday in the US — the first to be approved since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. With Juneteenth now a national holiday, many public and ...
Alexia Aston, The Oklahoman. June 14, 2024 at 12:10 PM. Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19 commemorating the final end of slavery in the rebelling states just after the end of the Civil ...