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[[File:Progressive racists vow to tear down Lincoln monument (2).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Leftwing]] [[racist]]s vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/protester-announces-destruction-emancipation-monument/</ref>]]
[[File:Progressive racists vow to tear down Lincoln monument (2).jpeg|right|300px|thumb|[[Leftwing]] [[racist]]s vowed to tear down the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/23/protester-announces-destruction-emancipation-monument/</ref>]]
'''Juneteenth''' is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ending [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref>http://juneteenth.com/</ref> President [[Donald J. Trump]] proposed Juneteenth be made a federal holiday,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-juneteenth-national-holiday</ref> which was signed into law in 2021. <ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-signs-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/ar-AAL9t4V?ocid=msedgntp</ref>
'''Juneteenth''' is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the [[Emancipation Proclamation]] ending [[slavery]] in the [[United States]].<ref>http://juneteenth.com/</ref> President [[Donald J. Trump]] proposed Juneteenth be made a federal holiday,<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-juneteenth-national-holiday</ref> which was signed into law in 2021. <ref>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-signs-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/ar-AAL9t4V?ocid=msedgntp</ref> It is celebrated annually on June 19.<ref>In accordance with Federal law regarding holidays for the majority of the Federal work force, if June 19 falls on a Saturday the holiday is observed the preceding Friday; if it falls on a Sunday the holiday is observed the following Monday.</ref>
The name is a portmanteau of "June" and "19th", the date (in 1865) when Union troops landed in [[Galveston, Texas]] and read the Proclamation (Texas was the last state to have it read, being the most distant from the rest of the Confederacy).
The name is a portmanteau of "June" and "19th", the date (in 1865) when Union troops landed in [[Galveston, Texas]] and read the Proclamation (Texas was the last state to have it read, being the most distant from the rest of the Confederacy).