Juneteenth
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juneteenth-227-2821041
title:
Juneteenth
text:
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is recognized annually on June 19th to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name is a portmanteau of the words "June" and "nineteenth", as it was on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War. In the Civil War period, slavery came to an end in v
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
US holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth
date created:
2002-07-11T19:46:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T00:35:11Z
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