Juneteenth marks the end of slavery across the United States on June 19, 1865.\u00a0That\u2019s the day when Union soldiers reached Galveston, Texas, with news of the end of the Civil War, and an order enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863.<\/p>\n
Here is a look at what\u2019s open and closed around the Lehigh Valley in observance on Friday:<\/p>\n
Federal government and courts:\u00a0All nonessential federal government offices and courts are closed.<\/p>\n
State, county, and local government:\u00a0State offices in Pennsylvania are closed.<\/p>\n
County offices: Lehigh and Northampton County offices are closed.<\/p>\n
U.S. Postal Service:\u00a0No mail delivery Friday, resumes Saturday.<\/p>\n
UPS and FedEx:\u00a0Open on Friday.<\/p>\n
Department of Motor Vehicles:\u00a0All driver\u2019s license and photo centers will be closed Friday. Customers can still access driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications and driver training manuals, online through PennDOT\u2019s Driver and Vehicle Services website, www.dmv.pa.gov.<\/p>\n
Financial markets:\u00a0The New York Stock Exchange and most banks and financial institutions are closed Friday. Generally, ATMs and online services are still available.<\/p>\n
Grocery stores:\u00a0Grocery stores in the area will be open.<\/p>\n
Major retailers:\u00a0Many retailers will be open.<\/p>\n
PA Wine and Spirit stores:\u00a0Stores will be open normal hours.<\/p>\n
Trash pickup:\u00a0Check with municipality or your local trash hauler.<\/p>\n
Libraries:\u00a0Check with your local library for hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juneteenth marks the end of slavery across the United States on June 19, 1865.\u00a0That\u2019s the day when Union…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":222228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432],"class_list":["post-222227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}