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Juneteenth: The history of a national holiday
In honor of Juneteenth, which is June 19, 2025, here is a story originally published by the Gadsden Times on June 15, 2022, on the history of the holiday. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
Explainer-What Is Juneteenth and When Did It Become a US Federal Holiday?
It became a U.S. federal holiday in 2021, following the signing of a bill by former President Joe Biden. Long a regional holiday in the South, Juneteenth rose in prominence across the country following protests that swept the world in 2020 over the police killings of George Floyd,
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