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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.
Below is the schedule for 2025 stock market holidays when the NYSE, Nasdaq and bond markets are closed: Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 — New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20, 2025 — Martin Luther King Jr ...
A National Park Service fact sheet explains that "the word 'Juneteenth' is a Black English contraction, or portmanteau, of the month 'June' and the date 'Nineteenth'. Juneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when enslaved people of African descent located in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom from the slavery system in ...
2021 – Juneteenth National Independence Day, was signed into law by President Joe Biden, to become the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983. [ 21 ] Births
What are the federal holidays in 2025? ... 2025 – New Year's Day. Jan. 20, 2025 – Birthday of Martin ... May 26, 2025 – Memorial Day. June 19, 2025 – Juneteenth National Independence Day ...
(Reuters) - Juneteenth, a day that marks the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans, is always observed on June 19 each year. It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a ...
The following observances have been mandated or authorized by Congress or the President, but are no longer proclaimed or observed on a regular basis. March 21 (1982–1988): Afghanistan Day [54] June 14 (1982–1992): Baltic Freedom Day; June 25, 1987: National Catfish Day; October 6, 1972: National Coaches Day
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and demanded the state's 250,000 enslaved people be set free.