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Chicago turned out Thursday with many Juneteenth celebrations. From the West Side to the South Side to the lakefront, there ...
Celebrations around the U.S. are marking Thursday as Juneteenth, the anniversary of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers ...
Juneteenth is coming up, which means many businesses will be closed. Find out if banks in Illinois will be open.
Yes, UPS stores will be open and pickup and delivery services will be available on June 19. The Federal Reserve considers ...
From the city to the suburbs, Juneteenth celebrations are happening all across Chicagoland. In the western suburbs, Governor ...
Non-essential federal offices will close for the holiday, as will Illinois Secretary of State facilities, such as the ...
Rockford's Juneteenth Celebration, the oldest known celebration of its kind in Illinois, was celebrated at Sinnissippi Park ...
Juneteenth 1865 is the longest-running Juneteenth celebration in Illinois. Tommy Meeks created the event. He says the mission ...
Communities across the Chicago area have planned an array of events to honor and celebrate the holiday Thursday. Parties, ...
The United States’ newest federal holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, has quickly become its most puzzling one. Four ...
Jamal Williams, a former alderman in Plano, Illinois, discusses his city’s annual Juneteenth celebration on “Morning in America.” Williams says divisive issues have made it harder to unify the ...
Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday, celebrations across the country are being scaled back or canceled, as ...