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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.
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 ...
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 ...
1865 – Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are officially informed of their freedom. The anniversary was officially celebrated in Texas and other states as Juneteenth. On June 17, 2021, Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States.
Today, celebrations range from picnics, cookouts and family reunions to street fairs, historical reenactments and festivals such as the Juneteenth Ohio Festival, which takes place for the 27th ...
When did Juneteenth become a U.S. holiday? Juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in the United States on June 17, 2021—joining days such as Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday and the ...
Have questions about Juneteenth, the now-federal holiday celebrated on June 19th? Read this to find out what it is, how it's celebrated, and why it matters.
What is Juneteenth? 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 ...