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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.
A Juneteenth menu might incorporate items like barbecued ribs or other red meat, watermelon and red velvet cake. Drinks like fruit punch and red Kool-Aid may make an appearance at the table.
Though it’s been celebrated by Black Americans as early as in the mid-late 1800s, Juneteenth is a date that was long omitted from history books—and wasn’t designated as a federal holiday ...
Musical performances and cultural events. Juneteenth celebrations also spotlight many facets of African-American culture, including music, art, education, fashion and food.
Juneteenth was officially recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. It passed in the Senate unanimously, but 14 Republicans in the House voted against it.
The history of the holiday dates back to June 19, 1865 — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation became official in 1863 — when Major General Gordon Granger of the Union army ...
The History of Juneteenth . While the official end of slavery should have come on January 1, 1863, with President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, many Black Americans—specifically those ...
Peoples helped make Juneteenth recognized by the City of Portland in 1972. Mayor Sam Adams and Amanda Fritz declared Peoples the "Mother of Juneteenth" in 2011. [1] [2] Juneteenth became an observed holiday for the City of Portland and Multnomah County employees in 2020, as part of a resolution to address structural racism.