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Most federal employees will observe the new holiday on Friday since June 19 falls on a Saturday this year
President Joe Biden spoke with Opal Lee after he signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, in the East Room of the White House.
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed legislation Thursday establishing a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, saying he believes it will go down as one of the greatest honors he has as president.
Biden signed into law a bill to make Juneteenth, or June 19, the 12th federal holiday. The House voted 415-14 on Wednesday to send the bill to Biden, while the Senate passed the bill unanimously the day before.
"This is a day of profound weight and profound power, a day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery took on the country and continues to take," Biden said.
https://www.startribune.com/biden-signs-bill-making-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday/600069084/
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