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 the Civil War. The holiday is recognized o