City of Austin administrative offices and public facilities will close for the Juneteenth holiday on Monday. (The Austin Monitor will also observe the holiday and resume our normal publishing schedule on Tuesday.) Parks, pools, tennis centers and golf courses will remain open on Monday, but recreation, senior and cultural centers will not. In addition, Austin Public Health testing and vaccine sites, public libraries, and the Austin Animal Center will be closed Monday. Curbside Austin Resource Recovery services will not be affected. Austin established Juneteenth as an official city holiday in 2021 to memorialize the end of chattel slavery and to celebrate its survivors and descendants. More information about the holiday can be found here.
Elizabeth Pagano is the editor of the Austin Monitor. More by Elizabeth Pagano