President Biden has signed a bill to create a holiday for Amercian Juneteeth – BBC News

President Biden has signed the Juneteenth Independence Day Act, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865 – after US states defeated the South in a civil war against slavery – they were told that African American slaves were free in Galveston, Texas. The day was known as Juneteenth, a word coined to combine the words “June” and “nineteenth.” Joe Biden said, “I’ve been president for several months, but I think that’s going to go down, for me, because it’s one of the greatest honors I’ve ever had as president.” Please subscribe HERE

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