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Michelle is a lead editor at Forbes Advisor. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, writing about insurance for consumers for the last decade. Prior to covering insurance, Michelle was a ...

Is Juneteenth a national holiday? Yes. Juneteenth is a federal holiday and has been since 2021. When is Juneteenth 2024? Juneteenth always falls on June 19. For 2024, it happens t ...

In essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, ending slavery in the rebellious states.