USPS will observe Juneteenth on Wednesday, June 19
June 17, 2024 USPS will observe Juneteenth National Independence Day, the country’s newest federal holiday, on Wednesday, June 19. Juneteenth is the oldest known nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday gets its name from the date in 1865 when 2,000 federal troops arrived in Galveston, TX, and…