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Since Juneteenth was designated a federal holiday in the United States in 2021, governors, mayors and CEOs of major companies have followed suit and given employees the day off as a paid holiday.
Juneteenth, recognized annually on June 19, marks the anniversary of the day federal troops liberated the last enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, in 1884. That day, nearly two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, is recognized as the effective end of slavery in the United States.
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Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since 1983, with
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