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All nonessential federal, Muncie and Delaware County government offices, and Delaware County courts, are closed Wednesday, June 19, for the holiday, but Indiana offices will be open. Indiana ...
A blend of the words June and nineteenth, it marks June 19, 1865: the day that Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and issued General Order No. 3, proclaiming that the ...
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances. During his campaign for president in June 2020, Joe Biden publicly celebrated the holiday. [125]
All nonessential federal, Wayne County and Richmond city government offices are closed Wednesday, June 19, for the holiday, but Indiana offices will be open. Indiana offices will be open and state ...
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 ...
Memorial Day. Memorial Day (originally known as Decoration Day) [1] is one of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. [2] [3] It is observed on the last Monday of May. Memorial Day is also considered the unofficial beginning of ...
With summer comes a slew of holidays and observances, including one central to Black communities across the nation. This will be the third year that Juneteenth is celebrated widely as a federal ...
June 3, 2024 at 10:55 AM. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Ac t establishing ...