| Source | NBC Local |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | June 19, 2026, 7:01 a.m. |
| Last Updated | June 19, 2026, 7:01 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/is-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday-whats-open-and-closed-friday/3951015/ |
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It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had
been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham
Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.
The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” —
has only grown in one-and...