Biden declares Juneteenth a federal holiday

by 24USATVJune 18, 2021, 1:50 a.m. 35
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President Joe Biden signed a law that made Juneteenth, the day of freedom for U.S. slaves, a federal holiday. This is the first federal holiday created since Martin Luther King Jr. day.

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