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JUNETEENTH Becomes a Federal Holiday

By bondsy Jun 17, 2021 | 6:22 AM

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Saturday is Juneteenth, marking the end of slavery in the U.S.

And now it’s going to be a federal holiday.

The Senate voted unanimously for it on Tuesday, and then the House passed it yesterday.

It’ll be the 11th federal holiday in the U.S.  The last new one we added was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.

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