Fall River Government Center will be closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.
Juneteenth, also called Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day, is a federal holiday that celebrates June 19, 1865, the date when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to free the remaining slaves in the United States.
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Juneteenth was first recognized in Massachusetts in 2007 and became a state holiday in 2020.
Despite Government Center being closed on Monday, June 20th, trash pickup will be on the regular schedule.
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