What's Open, Closed For Juneteenth 2024 In Bowie, Across Prince George's

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD — The Wednesday, June 19, federal holiday called Juneteenth commemorates the day in 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, when word finally reached the last enslaved people in Texas that the Civil War had ended, and they were free.

Also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day and Jubilee Day, Juneteenth is the oldest-known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States. In 2021, President Joe Biden signed legislation making it a federal holiday, the first since the addition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

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Because Juneteenth is an official U.S. holiday, banks, federal offices and post offices across Prince George's County will be closed Wednesday. Many state, county and local government offices will be closed as well.

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System will be closed Wednesday.

Animal Services Facility (3750 Brown Station Road) will be closed

Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill will be open

Brown Station Road Public Convenience Center will be open

Electronics Recycling Acceptance Site (located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) remains temporarily closed at the landfill due to construction so items are being accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center

Household Hazardous Waste Acceptance Site (located at the Brown Station Road Sanitary Landfill) remains temporarily closed at the landfill due to construction so items are being accepted at Brown Station Road Convenience Drop-off Center

Missouri Avenue Solid Waste Acceptance and Recycling Center will be open

Prince George’s County Organics Composting Facility will be open

Prince George’s County Materials Recycling Facility (1000 Ritchie Road) will be open

Bulky Trash Collection (white goods/appliances and scrap tires; by appointment only) will not be collected Wednesday

Trash collection in county-contracted areas will have regular collections Tuesday through Friday

Curbside recycling will have regular collections Tuesday through Friday

Curbside bulky trash will have regular collections Tuesday through Friday

Curbside food scraps composting and yard trim will have regular collections Monday

TheBus, a public transit service operated by the Prince George’s County Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T), will operate as scheduled Wednesday except for Route 51X. Regular operations of Route51X will resume Thursday. Regular operations of the County’s Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services, including dialysis transportation, will not operate Wednesday. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus and PGC Link services will resume Thursday.

The Prince George’s County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement will be closed Wednesday. Regular business hours will resume Thursday.

PGC311 will be closed Wednesday and will resume regular operations Thursday. However, residents can still submit service/issue requests online at PGC311.com.