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Sign in to saveAlso known as June teenth, Juneteenth Celebration, Juneteenth Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Cel-Liberation Day, Emancipation Day
Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name, first used in the 1890s, is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, referring to June 19, 1865, the day when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.
Key facts
- Holiday.holiday_name
- Juneteenth
- Holiday.caption
- Juneteenth flag
- Holiday.official_name
- Juneteenth National Independence Day
- Holiday.observedby
- United States and parts of Northern Mexico
- Holiday.duration
- 1 day
- Holiday.frequency
- Annually
- Holiday.date
- June 19
- Holiday.mdy
- yes
- Holiday.observances
- African-American history, culture, and progress
- Holiday.type
- Federal
- Holiday.significance
- Emancipation of enslaved people in the United States
- Holiday.alt
- A large street festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Much of the crowd is African American, and cooking smoke can be seen rising from food trucks and stands parallel to the street.
- Holiday.celebrations
- Festivals, parties, parades, church services
- Holiday.startedby
- Early celebrations were held by Christian churches and the Freedmen's Bureau
- U.S. legislation.name
- Juneteenth National Independence Day Act
- U.S. legislation.fullname
- An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday.
- U.S. legislation.title amended
- Title 5—Government Organization and Employees
- U.S. legislation.introducedin
- Senate
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- holiday
- Subclass of
- Emancipation Day
- Named after
- June 19
- Country
- United States
- Image
- Emancipation Day celebration - 1900-06-19.jpg
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- foods traditionally associated
- strawberry
- Commons category
- Juneteenth
- day in year for periodic occurrence
- June 19
- Commons gallery
- Juneteenth
- commemorates
- abolition of slavery
- hashtag
- Juneteenth
- native label
- Juneteenth
- month of the year
- June
- inception
- 1865-06-19
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