Is the post office open on Juneteenth? Will mail be delivered? Will the mail run?
President Biden signed a bill into law Thursday declaring Juneteenth a national holiday, giving most federal employees yet another federal holiday. Juneteenth, which is on June 19, 2021, celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned that the Emancipation Proclamation had freed them. It is a state holiday in New Jersey and it is now a federal holiday. Juneteenth is the first federal holiday established since Martin Luther King Day was made a holiday in 1983 and will become the 11th federal holiday to be recognized by the federal government in the U.S. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management said Thursday that most employees will observe the Juneteenth holiday on Friday because Juneteenth falls on a Saturday this year. Today @POTUS will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. As the 19th falls on a Saturday, most federal employees will observe the holiday tomorrow, June 18th.  U.S. Office of Personnel Management (@USOPM) June 17, 2021  The law gives most federal employees off, but it is unclear if the U.S. Postal Service will be open and if mail will be delivered, given the last-minute nature of the bill-signing. Juneteenth is not yet on the U.S. Postal Services schedule of federal holidays. It is advisable to call your local post office for operating hours as they may vary. Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com  Katherine Rodriguez can be reached at krodriguez@njadvancemedia.com. Tell us at nj.com/tips.