Juneteenth will be recognized by closings of all banks, all federal offices, the McClain County Courthouse and the library.

Also closed Monday will be city halls across the Heart of Oklahoma.

There will be no mail delivery with the post office closed for the holiday.

The name “Juneteenth” references the date of the holiday, combining the words “June” and “nineteenth.”

On June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger led the Union Soldiers to Galveston, TX, to announce the end of the Civil War and the freedom of all enslaved people.