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The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be closed on Juneteenth, meaning no mail will be delivered. However, FedEx ...
Thursday is Juneteenth, and on Wednesday, state leaders and local activists held an event in Hartford recognizing the day.
Several Juneteenth celebrations are expected to be held in Connecticut this week. “It very important to come together to help make change,” Sylvia D. Reid, an attorney and attendee of the Juneteenth ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden will be attending a Juneteenth celebration at a historic African Methodist ...
Plus: All Set in Silver Spring to offer Juneteenth-inspired menu; Häagen-Dazs celebrates Gaithersburg opening Saturday with ...
Food and cooking play a big role in Juneteenth celebrations. The barbecues and fish fries woven into Black culture helped ...
Though the Trump administration has been removing content on African American history from federal websites, Juneteenth ...
This year will be the first Juneteenth under the second Trump administration, which has banned DEI initiatives including Black history content.
Although the holiday has long been celebrated in the Black American community, Juneteenth has not always had federal ...
While some states have acknowledged Juneteenth in symbolic ways or through commemorative events, others have chosen to mark ...
A ceremonial groundbreaking will be held Thursday for the rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose ...
The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee Day” or “Freedom Day” and gathered in homes, parks and communities to ...