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Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances. During his campaign for president in June 2020, Joe Biden publicly celebrated the holiday. [ 125]
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed the law that made June 19th a federal holiday. Also called " Juneteenth National Independence Day," Juneteenth commemorates the June 19, 1865 belated announcement in Texas that enslaved people in the Confederate states that were in rebellion (1861-65) had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln as of ...
Juneteenth, observed on June 19, commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. The name is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth [38] [39] and has been a federal holiday since 2021. Some states and cities have additional holidays honoring ...
June 17, 2024 at 7:30 AM. Alexis Baker. Juneteenth, a commemoration of freedom for the last African American slaves in Texas, will be celebrated nationwide this week. It was on June 19, 1865 that ...
November 20, 2023 at 5:37 PM. ... Along with the Thanksgiving, the other holidays that Texas liquor stores must close on are Christmas and New Year’s Day, ...
February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day. March 10: Harriet Tubman Day. March 19: National Day of Honor [5] March 25: Greek Independence Day [6] March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day [7] [8] March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day.
June holidays and observances in 2024 include Father's Day, Juneteenth, Flag Day, and Eid al-Adha. See a calendar of the special June days worth celebrating.
This is a list of presidential trips made by Joe Biden during 2024 and early 2025, the fourth and final year of his presidency as the 46th president of the United States. This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C. , the U.S. federal capital in which the White House , the official residence and principal workplace of the president, is ...