{"id":57480,"date":"2025-06-12T12:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T16:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chitchats.com\/blog\/?p=57480"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T10:02:18","slug":"juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chitchats.com\/blog\/juneteenth","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Postal Holiday: Juneteenth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-cgb-block-hero-banner alignfull section\" style=\"background-color:#2b5bae;color:#ffffff\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-6 d-flex flex-column justify-content-center\"><h1 class=\"h-banner__title hero-header\">Juneteenth National Independence Day <\/h1><div class=\"h-banner__text hero-sub-text\"><p>Juneteenth is a U.S. federal holiday recognizing independence and honouring the end of slavery in the United States. Carriers will observe the U.S. postal holiday on Friday, June 19, 2026.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-6\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"h-banner__image\" src=\"https:\/\/chitchats.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/shipping-to-us-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juneteenth falls on <strong>Fri, June 19<\/strong> commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. While officially designated a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has been celebrated across various parts of the United States annually since 1865.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juneteenth will be observed by <a href=\"https:\/\/about.usps.com\/newsroom\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the United States Postal service<\/a> and others in the industry as a <strong>postal holiday.<\/strong> U.S. post offices will close and regular mail delivery will not take place however, all Chit Chats branches will be open with regular hours to accept your shipments. We will be processing your shipments as normal, but please expect some minor delays to tracking for your U.S. bound shipments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy shipping! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juneteenth falls on Fri, June 19 commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. 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