What Is Juneteenth? And How Did It Become a Federal Holiday?

What Is Juneteenth? And How Did It Become a Federal Holiday?

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Juneteenth is an annual holiday observing the end of slavery in the U.S. It marks the day (June 19, 1865) when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas.

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