AI6YR BenJun 19
Happy Juneteenth! (which I did not know existed until recent memory... probably right before it was declared a holiday. I grew up in a 95%+ white state.... where Juneteenth did not exist). Any good websites/videos on Juneteenth out there, speaking of which?
Show threadJim HubbellJun 19
@ai6yr
I grew up in California and never heard of this holiday until recently. I knew in general about the Emancipation Proclamation but not that there was a holiday associated with it.
Show threadMike Gerdts

@dougfir it only became a federal holiday rather recently.

> The day was recognized as a federal holiday in 2021, when the 117th U.S. Congress enacted and President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Juneteenth became the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.[11]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

Juneteenth - Wikipedia

Jun 19 at 5:20pmWeb