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Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
Known by many names, including Black Independence Day, Freedom Day and its official title, Juneteenth National Independence Day, the annual June 19 commemoration of the end of slavery in the ...
The holiday, often called America's second Independence Day, marks the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas.
It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following ...
New Jersey made Juneteenth an official state holiday on June 25, 2020. Juneteenth is now a federal holiday also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day and Emancipation Day. Why do we ...
For the first time since Juneteenth was federally recognized, the National Park Service is making entry into all sites free on the holiday. For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth ...
Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day. The celebration began after U.S. Army Gen. Gordon Granger proclaimed the end of enslavement on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas.