Kearney City Hall, (Brian Neben, Central Nebraska Today)
KEARNEY — The City of Kearney offices, Kearney Public Library, Peterson Activity Center and Kearney Police Department Front Desk will be closed on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.
Normal hours of operation will resume on Thursday, June 20, 2024.
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.
The holiday’s name is a portmanteau of the words “June” and “nineteenth”, as it was on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.
Check out the city’s web site at www.cityofkearney.org
