Juneteenth is a Black American holiday, celebrated annually on June 19, to remember the day when word came in 1865, finally, to enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, that slavery had ended due to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863.
President Joe Biden signed the newest federal holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, into law on June 17, 2021 (bit.ly/3MNcbvx).
Government offices — Los Angeles city and county, national and state — and courts (www.lacourt.org/holiday/ui/index.aspx), libraries (www.lapl.org/holiday-closures; lacountylibrary.org/library-locator/) and schools are normally closed for a federal holiday.
Here is a sampling of other services that are closed, have altered service or are on a regular schedule on Juneteenth, June 19.
Banks: Closed, as are New York Stock Exchange markets.
Mail: The U.S. Postal Service does not deliver mail and post offices are closed (about.usps.com/newsroom/events; www.usps.com
Transit: Buses and subway services in Los Angeles run on a regular schedule (www.metro.net). For example, the G Line (formerly the Orange Line) schedule is here: bit.ly/3G5lxTp (check the date for updated schedule). Metrolink trains operate on a regular schedule. (www.metrolinktrains.com; the holiday schedule for 2023 here: bit.ly/3bo3uHF).
Trash: Regular pickup schedule in Los Angeles (800-773-2489; click on What We Do, then Collection and then see Holiday Trash Collection here: www.lacitysan.org). Trash pickup will also be on a regular schedule in Burbank (818-238-3800; bit.ly/3yvi8r3) and Glendale (818-548-3916; click on Collection Schedule here, bit.ly/3jd8zK8; Collection Services here, bit.ly/3p1In2D).
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