This year, tax payers got a few extra days to file their taxes.  April 15th is traditionally the deadline.  However, due to the Emancipation Day holiday, which was Sunday, April 16th which was also Easter Sunday,  the official D.C. observation was pushed to Monday, April 17th.  That means that the IRS office is closed today […]

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday of notable significance for many African Americans. June 19, 1865, highlights the abolition…

President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation didn’t become national law until January 1, 1863, which gave millions of slaves their freedom. Before that historic event, the…