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  1. www.cnn.com › politics › live-newsJune 17, 2021 Juneteenth becomes a federal holiday - CNN

    Jun 18, 2021 · President Biden is expected to sign a bill this afternoon establishing June 19 as Juneteenth National Independence Day, a US federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States ...

  2. www.smithsonianmag.com › smart-news › why-juneteenthWhy Juneteenth, the U.S.’s Second Independence Day, Is a ...

    Jun 7, 2024 · The 2021 bill’s passage made Juneteenth the nation’s 12th federal holiday. The last time the government added a new holiday to its calendar was in 1983, when the third Monday of January was ...

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  4. www.nationalgeographic.com › article › juneteenthWhat is Juneteenth—and how did it become a federal holiday?

    Jun 12, 2023 · Juneteenth is America’s second Independence Day—here’s why. Observed on June 19, the nation’s newest federal holiday commemorates the end of slavery in Texas. Here’s how it came to be ...

  5. www.cnn.com › 2021/06/16 › usJuneteenth’s path to becoming a federal holiday was a long ...

    Jun 16, 2021 · After taking a backseat during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, Juneteenth made a resurgence in the '80s and '90s in communities across the country, with Texas becoming the first state to ...

  6. crsreports.congress.gov › product › pdfJuneteenth National Independence Day: A New Federal Holiday

    Jan 13, 2022 · (OPM), for the public holidays codified at 5 U.S.C. §6103, “full-time employees who are not required to work on a holiday receive their rate of basic pay for the applicable number of holiday hours.” The first four federal holidays were created in 1870, when Congress granted paid time off to federal

  7. apnews.com › article › joe-biden-holidays-juneteenthEXPLAINER: The story of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday

    Jun 18, 2021 · Published 3:02 PM PDT, June 18, 2021. The U.S. government is catching up with Black people who have been commemorating the end of slavery in the United States for generations with a day called “Juneteenth.”. President Joe Biden signed a bill Thursday that was passed by Congress to set aside Juneteenth, or June 19th, as a federal holiday.

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  9. crsreports.congress.gov › product › pdfJuneteenth: Fact Sheet - CRS Reports

    Jun 13, 2024 · the House by a vote of 415-14 on June 16, 2021. The bill was signed into law on June 17, 2021, and Juneteenth became the 12th 14federal holiday. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first holiday to be added to the list of federal holidays since the 1983 recognition of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday. State Legislation