The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly will consider this week whether to make Juneteenth an official paid holiday for ...

Local organizations holding Juneteenth events got a boost this week in the form of grants from the City of Columbia. Columbia ...

Banks aren’t obligated to close on federal holidays like Juneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery — two years and ...

Former President Joe Biden signed a bill in 2021 recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Rep. Rick Rehm, R-Dothan, said he thought the legislation was overdue to become law since Gov.

Is Juneteenth a national holiday? Yes. Juneteenth is a federal holiday and has been since 2021. When is Juneteenth 2024?

Fort Worth City Council approves land National Juneteenth Museum previously given to Southside Community Center, operations ...

Opal Lee, Juneteenth's "Grandmother," was honored with the Kay Bailey Hutchison Women of Texas History Award in Houston, Texas, for her efforts to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

The most recently designated federal holiday was the Juneteenth National Independence Day, which was signed into law by President Biden in 2021 and serves as a commemoration of the end of slavery ...

Various holidays are recognized across the U.S. in 2025, including both federal and non-federal observances. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) lists 12 federal holidays, while President Joe ...

Presidents Day, observed on February 17, 2025, honors George Washington and other U.S. presidents. Government offices, banks, and stock markets will remain closed, while most retail stores and ...

Presidents Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in mid-February to honor past U.S. presidents. Locally, it's part of the next big break week - known as Presidents Day break week in some ...

It was also the first federal holiday to honor an individual's birth date. Washington's birthday, Feb. 22, was designated by Congress as a holiday for all federal workers in 1885, and in 1971 ...