USPS Closed June 19 Thursday

[biggymoe]

PO clerk brought this to my attention today.  Thursday June 19 is Juneteenth.  PO and government offices will be closed.  

Just a heads up.

[deltilogical]

Thank you! 

[gurlcat]

Ooo thank you!  I like to give my wonderful carrier a Juneteenth card with a gift card the day before.  Off to Walgreens I go!  

[dblendeavors]

Uhg!... any excuse for a govt employee paid day off from doing their job,... (don't get me started),... many thanks for the heads up though.

[slippinjimmy]

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@dblendeavors wrote:

Uhg!... any excuse for a govt employee paid day off from doing their job,... (don't get me started),... many thanks for the heads up though.

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The majority of private employers also pay employees for most Federal Holidays. Juneteenth being a very new Federal Holiday has not yet seen the same level of adoption.

[toysaver]

I like having a holiday on a Thursday.  The Monday ones leave me off kilter all week and I never get the garbage out on the right day.  

[frenchfashions]

Everyone should check with their local post office, Here at mine they do not close for Juneteenth, I checked. 

[soh.maryl]

Are you absolutely positive about that? I thought that they had no choice since it's a Federal holiday and the USPS is a Federal facility.  Besides, most people are delighted with an authorized day off.  

[toysaver]

"most people are delighted with an authorized day off"

It is a Federal Holiday.  Many people will be delighted to work because it can mean time and a half.

[gurlcat]

I don't know what you mean by "checked" but that is incorrect.  ALL post offices will be closed, and there will be no residential mail service anywhere in the US.  

[selsa84]

It's 11 days out of 365. 

[mam98031]

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@dblendeavors wrote:

Uhg!... any excuse for a govt employee paid day off from doing their job,... (don't get me started),... many thanks for the heads up though.

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@dblendeavors 

OMG.  The employees didn't set this up, the Government did and the President approved it.  It is a day of RESPECT just like the other federal holidays are.  Do you know why we have this holiday?

[mam98031]

For the last couple of years we have had this holiday, Amazon does not recognize it.  I'm hoping they finally will this year.

[mam98031]

General Post

For those that are aware what this holiday is for:

From Google AI:  June 19th celebrates Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, Emancipation Day, or Freedom Day. It commemorates the effective end of slavery in the United States, specifically the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the freedom of enslaved people. 

[johnrj1226]

It is amazing that Juneteenth only became a national  holiday in 2021.  Always read in  history books  the end of slavery was  When The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. It declared that slaves in Confederate territory were to be freed.  Never heard of Juneteenth or Cinco de Mayo until I  moved to  Waco, Texas in 1982 from the Great Lakes region (Mich, Ohio and Illinois)..

Juneteenth was originally celebrated in Texas, on June 19, 1866. It marked the anniversary of the day that Black people there first learned of the Emancipation Proclamation.

My SWAG says the Pony Express  Rider took the long route from Washington DC to Texas. or  had/found a girlfriend en route..

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