Juneteenth, a federal holiday since 2021, celebrates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, finally learned of their freedom – more than two years after President Abraham ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation ...

According to a 2024 Congressional Research Service report, at least 30 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteenth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation ...

Banks, the stock market, the post office, schools and all federal agencies will be closed on Juneteenth. Workers with an hourly wage in America should receive paid holiday time if they work on ...

In 2021, former President Joe Biden signed legislation passed by Congress to designate June 19, or Juneteenth National Independence Day, as a US federal holiday.

Juneteenth is the most recent of those. It was officially recognized a federal holiday by Congress and signed into law by then-President Joe Biden in 2021.

Trump says 'too many non-working holidays' Trump's post on Juneteenth criticized the number of federal holidays, which most federal workers have as paid holidays. There are 12 federal holidays in ...

Today @POTUS will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. As the 19th falls on a Saturday, most federal employees will observe the holiday ...