Juneteenth, June 19, 1865, marks the day when news of the Emancipation Proclamation and the abolition of slavery reached Texas via a Union Army general Gordon Granger, setting off celebrations among the newly freed. It became an official Virginia state holiday on October 13, 2020. As far as I’ve been able to find, Virginia and New York are the only states where Juneteenth is a state holiday. It is an observance in all other states except Hawaii, North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana.
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