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Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the United States for the people in one of the last places still holding people in bondage. The first Juneteenth occurred in 1865, when Un...
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Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021. On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act , which established Juneteenth National In...
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Juneteenth marks the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, bearing news that the Civil War had ended and that enslaved people there were free. Often cal...
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Juneteenth is my independence day not as a replacement for the Fourth of July, but as a reflection on a more specific and long-delayed promise of freedom. Officially observed on...
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The national day observed on June 19 is Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth National Independence Day. It commemorates the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas on June 1...
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