The City and Borough of Juneau will now observe Juneteenth

The City and Borough of Juneau will now observe Juneteenth

City Hall in downtown Juneau on Thursday, July 25, 2024. (Photo by Clarise Larson/KTOO) Juneteenth will now be an observed holiday for most City and Borough of Juneau employees, starting next week.  Juneteenth is already a national holiday and, for the first time this year, an Alaska state holiday. It commemorates the day when enslaved people in Galveston learned from a Union soldier that they were free — more than two months after the end of th…