Oregon State Senate votes to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday - ATX News Paper

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Oregon State Senate votes to recognize Juneteenth as an official holiday

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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