That is because most national banks and the United States Postal Service will be closed on Thursday, June 19 in observance of ...

Juneteenth became a federal holiday in the ... causing the state’s enslaved population to balloon from about 182,000 in 1860 to 250,000 by the end of the war in 1865, Mauldin said.

Candy is handed out during the Juneteenth parade in Omaha on Saturday, June 14, 2025. Children dig through their bags looking ...