“The US will now officially recognize Juneteenth. President Joe Biden signed a bill passed by the Senate and House, June 15th and 16th respectively – with no opposing vote in the Senate and only minor Republican dissent in the House.
“From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day” makes “Juneteenth … the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States.
