POST FALLS: On City Council holiday decisions
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February 22, 2026 1:00 AM
I am surprised and disappointed that the Post Falls City Council would decide not to recognize Juneteenth as a holiday and recognize Columbus Day instead.
The Juneteenth celebrates the formal military declaration to enslaved people in Texas that they were free in 1865, some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. This is a historical fact.
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