Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black Independence Day. On June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, TX, and announced the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery. Although the Emancipation Proclamation came 2½ years earlier on January 1, 1863, many slave owners continued to hold their enslaved people captive after the announcement holding them through one more harvest season, so Juneteenth became a symbolic date representing African-American freedom.
On Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US holiday.
In every state where Vernis and Bowling has an office, Juneteenth is recognized as an observance.
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