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After the day became a federal holiday, he said, Texas got even bigger and bolder with its celebration of June 19, the day in 1865 when the last of enslaved people in Confederate territory ...
With festivals, concerts, parades and lectures, Austin has plenty of events marking the federal holiday of Juneteenth this year. Parades, poetry and a free Scarface concert: 12 ways to observe ...
Several celebrations are planned across Beaufort County including a parade in Beaufort
The Juneteenth concert had blatant political overtones with emcee Roy Wood Jr., the comedian and actor, ticking through policy achievements by the Biden administration such as capping insulin prices and forgiving student debt. Biden signed a law in 2021 that made June 19, or Juneteenth, a federal holiday.
Holidays portal; Texas portal; This is a collection of articles about public holidays observed only, or primarily, by the U.S. State of Texas. For more widely celebrated holidays, see Category:Federal holidays in the United States.
In the late 1970s, when the Texas Legislature declared Juneteenth a "holiday of significance ... particularly to the blacks of Texas," [50] it became the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday. [66] The bill passed through the Texas Legislature in 1979 and was officially made a state holiday on January 1, 1980.
In Texas, along with a handful of other states, Juneteenth is a paid holiday for state employees. The holiday, originating in Texas , has been celebrated in the state since the 1860s and became an ...
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.