Juneteenth.
holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in Texas on June 19, 1865
Trump Criticizes Abundance of Federal Holidays: ‘It is Costing Our Country Billions’
Not everyone thinks federal holidays are a good thing. And President Donald Trump is one of them. The president spent time on Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday, remarking how much federal holidays cost the U.S…
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About Juneteenth
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.
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- June 19, 1865