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The United States Postal Service (USPS) will be closed on Juneteenth, meaning no mail will be delivered. However, FedEx ...
Among the gray tombstones weathered by wind, rain, and time in the historic North Cemetery of Portsmouth, N.H., there now ...
Juneteenth 2025 in Portsmouth will celebrate the 10 years of the African Burying Ground Memorial Park with African drumming ...
The Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire is one of several local organizations hosting Juneteenth celebrations this year. The following excerpt was originally produced by Seacoastonline and ...
An augmented reality-based website will help visitors peel back the layers of a historic — and nearly forgotten — burial ...
New Orleans has several events this week in honor of Juneteenth, the federal holiday that commemorates the emancipation of ...
COMMUNITY MEMBERS FILLED THE PARK, INCLUDING NEW HAMPSHIRE NATIVE GRACE ... The date is now celebrated as the national holiday of Juneteenth.The morning started with a march across Memorial ...
CONCORD — While Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021, in New Hampshire, it’s simply a day of observance, putting it in the same category of celebratory days as Halloween and Earth Day.
States that do not recognize Juneteenth as a permanent state holiday include Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, ...
Celebrations of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday that honors the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, are growing ...
That answer made it plain that in Maine, at least, Emancipation Day (April 16) carried a historical weight that the Texan ...