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With festivals, concerts, parades and lectures, Austin has plenty of events marking the federal holiday of Juneteenth this year. Parades, poetry and a free Scarface concert: 12 ways to observe ...
Juneteenth openings, closings: What's open and closed on Juneteenth 2024? Details on Costco, Walmart, Starbucks, Target, more ... Walking parade in Greenville, gala and fashion show in Spartanburg ...
Juneteenth - celebrated on June 19 - marks the date in 1865 when the last enslaved people in Texas were informed they were free. Juneteenth 2024: Celebrate in Knoxville with parade, exhibits ...
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.
The Juneteenth celebration culminates in the annual ceremony at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth on Wednesday, June 19 at 11 a.m. Titled “A Time To Praise, A Time To Honor, A Time To ...
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 Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
Attendees dance as Charley and his wife Kisha perform at the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Nations Tobin Park in Northeast El Paso, TX, on Saturday, June 15, 2024.
Many African Americans have commemorated Juneteenth with parties, parades and gatherings. ... Here’s what’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024. Postal services. Juneteenth is a holiday for the ...