RISON - The U.S. Post Office as well as other federal offices and banks will be closed Thursday, June 19, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.Juneteenth recognizes June 19, 1865, which is the date that slaves in Texas discovered they had been freed through President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.State offices will still be open since Juneteenth is not a declared holiday at the state level....
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