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In the four years since Juneteenth became a national holiday, Galveston has embraced its complicated past in a way it never ...
The City of Kilgore celebrated Juneteenth with a parade and cookout on Saturday. The Kilgore Legacy Foundation hosted the ...
The Statesman has gathered 9 Juneteenth events to celebrate the state and federal holiday, from car shows to cookouts, in the ...
Yes, Juneteenth is a state holiday in Missouri and is observed every 19th day of June. As such, all state offices are closed ...
Juneteenth celebrates when Union soldiers arrived to Galveston to announce to over 250,000 enslaved people they were freed in ...
A celebration of Black history and freedom, the day rose in prominence following the sweeping protests against racial ...
Juneteenth was an informal holiday for decades, celebrated with parades, barbecues, and other gatherings. Fort Worth has a ...
Among the orders issued as Union troops arrived in Texas at the end of the Civil War was one declaring that all enslaved ...
Does the mail run on Juneteenth 2025? Are banks open? Is the stock market open? Is the MVC open? What is NJ Transit's ...
Several MetroWest organizations and municipalities honor the holiday, which commemorates the ending of slavery in the United ...
The only known original copy of General Order No. 3, an 1865 decree that alerted enslaved people in Galveston of their ...
Like with most federal holidays, the U.S. Post Office will be closed on Thursday, June 19, 2025, for Juneteenth. Both UPS and ...