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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 ...
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
Texas officially declared Juneteenth a holiday in 1980. At least 28 states and the District of Columbia now legally recognize Juneteenth as state holidays and give state workers a paid day off.
Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, is a national holiday this week. Juneteenth, short for "June Nineteenth," commemorates the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take ...
In 1980, Juneteenth became a Texas state holiday and lead to the development of other Juneteenth celebrations throughout the state, further decreasing attendance of the celebration at the park. In the late 1980s arson damaged the two park structures, requiring them to be rebuilt, and racist graffiti was found spray painted on concession stands.
The State of Texas made Juneteenth a holiday at the state level after 2007, Al Edwards, a member of the Texas House of Representatives from Houston, proposed it as a bill. As of 2021 Juneteenth became a Federal holiday; 70+ years after slavery legally ended, and African Americans still are being treated less than. [33]
Juneteenth commemorates the day -- June 19, 1865 -- when federal soldiers arrived in Galveston to take control of Texas and ensure the slaves were freed per the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Opal Lee (born October 7, 1926) is an American retired teacher, counselor, and activist in the movement to make Juneteenth a federally-recognized holiday. She is often described as the "grandmother of Juneteenth". [2] On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed Senate Bill S. 475, making Juneteenth the eleventh federal holiday. [3]