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جونتینت
Sign in to saveAlso known as June teenth, Juneteenth Celebration, Juneteenth Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Cel-Liberation Day, Emancipation Day
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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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