It goes into effect tomorrow.
Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the U.S. on June 17, 2021, when Presidentinto law. The holiday recognizes the day in which over 200,000 enslaved Black Americans were informed that they were finally free—more than two years after former President Abraham Lincoln actually issued the Emancipation Proclamation, according to Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development .
This is the first year that the Postal Service is closing post offices and stopping mail delivery in observance of the holiday. In a June 2021 statement, the agency said that while it was"" of making June 19 a federal holiday, it was"not possible to cease" its operations over the following 24 to 48 hours in order to observe Juneteenth last year.
"We are part of the nation's critical infrastructure and our customers are relying on us to deliver our essential services," the USPS said at the time."Closing down our operations without providing appropriate time would lead to operational disruptions and be a disservice to our customers and those who rely upon us."There are some exceptions to the Postal Service's decision to start observing Juneteenth as an official holiday.
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