The Margin: Juneteenth holiday: Will banks be open? Is mail still being delivered?

The Margin: Juneteenth holiday: Will banks be open? Is mail still being delivered?

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This Monday marks Juneteenth National Independence Day, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday honoring the 158th anniversary of the last enslaved Black Americans learning that they were free. While the Emancipation Proclamation that freed U.S. slaves was supposed to go into effect in January 1863, the…

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