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Pharrell Williams Joins Virginia Governor in Announcing Legislation to Make Juneteenth an Official Holiday

17.06.2020 - 09:01

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that he's making Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S. — an official holiday in a state that was once home to the capital of the Confederacy.Juneteenth, which is also called Emancipation Day and Freedom Day, is celebrated annually on June 19.

Texas first made it a state holiday in 1980. The holiday would be a paid day off for all state employees. Northam said he thinks Virginia would be only the second state to do so.«It's time we elevate this,» Northam said of the June 19 commemoration. «Not just a celebration by and for some Virginians but one acknowledged and celebrated by all of us.»The Democratic governor is giving every executive branch employee this Friday off as a paid holiday and will work with the.