Jun 17, 2023 1 min read

Federal and state offices are closed Monday in observance of Juneteenth National Independence Day.

Washington and Greene County offices will be open, but courts in both counties will be closed. Most municipal offices will be open.

There will be no mail delivery on Monday, and all driver license and photo centers, including the state Department of Transportation’s full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed Saturday through Monday. Customers may obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services online through the website, www.dmv.pa.gov.

President Biden signed legislation in 2021 establishing June 19 as a new federal law to commemorate the abolition of slavery. The date marks the anniversary of the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to inform enslaved people that they had been freed months after the Civil War had ended.