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Oregon State Senate votes to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday

Oregon State Senate votes to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday

By Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Comment Edit

The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865, when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas were told Lincoln had freed slaves in rebel states two years before.

     


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