When my agency’s Director of Folks Operations knowledgeable me that the New York Inventory Trade (and Nasdaq) was to be closed for the primary time on Monday, June twentieth to commemorate the Juneteenth vacation (which, this 12 months, fell on a Sunday – yesterday), I spotted that I didn’t actually know that a lot about it so I did some extra studying. There aren’t many holidays or days of observance for which they shut the markets in the course of the calendar 12 months and that is the primary new one in very long time.
Anyway, some studying under on what the day is supposed to signify…
What’s Juneteenth (Historical past)
4 enduring myths about Juneteenth aren’t primarily based on details (NPR)
