More than half of states will recognize Juneteenth as an official public holiday in 2023

(PRC) The newest federal holiday, Juneteenth National Independence Day, celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. But at the state level, governments vary considerably in whether they commemorate it as an official holiday, a day of observance or something in between.

This year, at least 28 states and the District of Columbia will legally recognize Juneteenth as a public holiday – meaning state government offices are closed and state workers have a paid day off – according to a Pew Research Center analysis of state human resources websites, state legislation and news articles. Connecticut, Minnesota, Nevada and Tennessee have made Juneteenth a public holiday at the state level starting this year.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/09/more-than-half-of-states-now-recognize-juneteenth-as-an-official-holiday/

Dedication to the cause of Freedom to be locked in your houses, coerced into injection, fired from your jobs, refused to be treated in a hospital. etc. Congratulations indeed.
A Proclamation on Juneteenth Day of Observance, 2023 t.co/REXx97usW4

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