What is Juneteenth Complete History and date
What is Juneteenth? US President Joe Biden has made June 19 a federal holiday by signing a bill passed by Congress. Idaho’s Black communities celebrate Juneteenth with joy. Today we will tell you the Complete Story Of Juneteenth, and together we will know why Juneteenth 2022 is special.
What is Juneteenth?
‘Juntinth’ is said by adding June and nineteenth. This is the oldest JeM day of the end of slavery in America. It is celebrated every year on 19th June. Currently, Juneteenth is a holiday in 47 US states and the District of Colombia. It is also called Immunization Day or Juneteenth Independence Day.
Complete Story Of Juneteenth
On January 1, 1863, the then President Abraham Lincoln issued the Immunization Proclamation (Emancipation Proclamation). Under this, in all the states revolting against the union in the civil war, the ‘enslaved people’ were considered ‘free’ from that day.
On June 19, 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced that the Civil War and slavery were over. Since then, this date holds so much importance for African-American people. Since then African-Americans consider every 19 June as ‘Juneteenth’.
As we recognize Juneteenth and the progress we’ve made since slavery, we must also double down on our efforts to root out systemic racism. We have to make sure we’re working to move closer to that more perfect union, to the idea of America that has inspired so many generations.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) June 19, 2019
Juneteenth 2022 Key Point
- US President Joe Biden has made June 19 a federal holiday by signing a bill passed by Congress.
- African-Americans in America have known for years on the 19th as ‘Juneteenth’ and celebrate this day.
- This day is celebrated to mark the end of slavery after the end of the American Civil War in 1865.
- There is a Juneteenth paid holiday for state employees in the US states of Texas, New York, Virginia and Washington.
- The bill was supported and passed by both Republican and Democratic parties in the US Parliament.
- The Juneteenth bill was passed unanimously in the Senate, but 14 Republicans in the House of Representatives were against it.
- Biden signed the bill, saying, “I hope this will be the beginning of a change in how we treat each other.”
