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The order, and Granger's enforcement of it, is the central event commemorated by the holiday of Juneteenth, which originally celebrated the end of slavery in Texas. The order was not read aloud by the Union Army, but it was posted around town, and communicated to most African Americans by slavemasters. [1]
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 is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986. [ 90 ] [ 91 ] [ 92 ] Juneteenth also falls within the statutory Honor America Days period, which lasts for 21 days from Flag Day (June 14) to Independence Day (July 4).
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 ...
Oct. 31—Next year's Juneteenth festivities in St. Joseph got a big boost with a nearly $90,000 grant. ... received a Missouri Department of Economic Development and Tourism Grant of $88,480 for ...
In 1994 a group of community leaders from across the country gathered at Christian Unity Baptist Church in New Orleans, to work for greater national recognition of Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the end of slavery. Myers was elected Chairman of this advocacy effort, and continues to serve as chairman of the National Juneteenth Holiday ...
Juneteenth was officially declared a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Here's what you need to know about banks, post offices, and shipping services and whether or not they'll be open on ...