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Juneteenth Day - June 19th
June 21 , 2020
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- Juneteenth is the portmanteau of June and nineteenth.
- The day is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the US and is observed on June 19.
- On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas and announced the end of both the Civil War and slavery.
- Since then, it has become a largely symbolic date representing freedom for African Americans.
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