Juneteenth Observed Monday, June 20: What's Open And What's Closed?

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[{"selector":"#anim-1424f63d-b429-4cc4-895e-ea7fe2e4b3de [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(12.514648210040342%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-af783ee3-5ad5-4f57-a123-4c950d5b4b97","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9a03c49b-364f-4ce8-aaef-d42665a7d8bb","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 133.76675%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] ACROSS AMERICA — Because the June 19 Juneteenth holiday falls on a Sunday this year, banks, federal offices and the post office will be closed Monday in commemoration of the date in 1865 when word reached the last enslaved people in Texas that the Civil War had ended and they were free. Google image

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