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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowSome of Indiana’s federal district courthouses will shutter their doors on July 2 in honor of Juneteenth, the nation’s newly recognized federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the Juneteenth Independence Day Act, making June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to slaves in Galveston, Texas.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana announced that it would be open Friday but would close all divisions July 2 to observe Juneteenth.
For its part, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana announced it would be closing the district court clerk’s offices on Friday in observation of the federal holiday.
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