Juneteenth Observed - Town Hall Closed

When:

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 8:00 AM

to 4:30 PM

In observance of the Juneteenth National Independence Day, Boonsboro Town Hall and all Washington County Government offices will be closed on Monday, June 20, 2022. Celebrated on June 19th, this will be the first year that Juneteenth will be recognized as a Federal, State and Local Holiday.

Juneteenth - June 19, 1866 - was the day Union soldiers enforced President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas. It was two months after the South’s official surrender in the Civil War and two and a half years after the Proclamation went into effect.

Also called Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, Juneteenth evolved from a Texas celebration to a celebration of the end of slavery throughout the United States.

Trash and Recycling will be picked us as normal on Tuesday, June 21 and Curb-side Yard Debris Bags will also be picked up on Tuesday