Definitions for JUNETEENTH
ˈdʒunˈtinθjune·teenth

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1. Juneteenthnoun

   A holiday celebrated in a number of U.S. states on June nineteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S.

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1. Juneteenth

   Juneteenth (officially Juneteenth National Independence Day and historically known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. It is also often observed for celebrating African-American culture. Originating in Galveston, Texas, it has been celebrated annually on June 19 in various parts of the United States since 1866. The day was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, when President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Juneteenth's commemoration is on the anniversary date of the June 19, 1865, announcement of General Order No. 3 by Union Army general Gordon Granger, proclaiming and enforcing freedom of enslaved people in Texas, which was the last state of the Confederacy with institutional slavery. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation issued on January 1, 1863, had officially outlawed slavery in Texas and in all of the other states of the original Confederacy. Enforcement of the Proclamation generally relied upon the advance of Union troops. Texas, as the most remote state of the former Confederacy, had seen an expansion of slavery and had a low presence of Union troops as the American Civil War ended; thus, enforcement there had been slow and inconsistent prior to Granger's announcement. Although the Emancipation Proclamation declared an end to slavery in the Confederate States, for a short while after the fall of the Confederacy, due to certain political considerations slavery remained legal in the two Union border states – Delaware and Kentucky. This seemingly conflicted situation ended both with the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution which constitutionally abolished chattel slavery nationwide on December 6, 1865, and also with the final actual release of slaves by the Indian Territories that had sided with the Confederacy, namely the Choctaw, in 1866.Celebrations date to 1866, at first involving church-centered community gatherings in Texas. It spread across the South and became more commercialized in the 1920s and 1930s, often centering on a food festival. Participants in the Great Migration out of the South carried their celebrations to other parts of the country. During the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, these celebrations were eclipsed by the nonviolent determination to achieve civil rights, but grew in popularity again in the 1970s with a focus on African American freedom and African-American arts. Beginning with Texas by proclamation in 1938, and by legislation in 1979, 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have formally recognized the holiday in various ways. With its adoption in certain parts of Mexico, the holiday became an international holiday. Juneteenth is celebrated by the Mascogos, descendants of Black Seminoles who escaped from slavery in 1852 and settled in Coahuila, Mexico.Celebratory traditions often include public readings of the Emancipation Proclamation, singing traditional songs such as "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and "Lift Every Voice and Sing", and the reading of works by noted African-American writers, such as Ralph Ellison and Maya Angelou. Some Juneteenth celebrations also include rodeos, street fairs, cookouts, family reunions, park parties, historical reenactments, and Miss Juneteenth contests. When Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, it was the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was adopted in 1983.

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1. juneteenth

   Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19th each year in the United States. It commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, specifically marking the day in 1865 when Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and declared all enslaved people in the state free. It is a day to reflect on the end of slavery in the United States and to honor the resilience and contributions of African Americans to American society and culture. Juneteenth is recognized as a significant milestone in the ongoing struggle for racial equality and justice.

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1. Juneteenth

   Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S. state of Texas in 1865. Celebrated on June 19, the term is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth, and is recognized as a state holiday or state holiday observance in 42 of the United States.

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1. Juneteenth

   Commemorates the date in history-June 19, when slaves in Texas finally learned they were free via Major General Gordon Granger's General Order No. 3; Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday by President Joe Biden in 2021, after the efforts of Opal Lee, and Activist Greshun De Bouse-the youngest pioneer of Juneteenth federalization, and founder of the Juneteenth Goes Federal movement

   
   

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of JUNETEENTH in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of JUNETEENTH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of JUNETEENTH in a Sentence

1. African American:

   I dedicate this to African American slaves ancestors, to African American slaves new federal holiday Juneteenth and to all who celebrate freedom, a Capitol Fourth.

2. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson:

   On Saturday, during an otherwise joyful celebration of Juneteenth Day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson made an appearance at a Republican Party booth.Read More.

3. Ron Johnson:

   In response to a bipartisan effort to give federal workers another day of paid leave by designating Juneteenth a federal holiday, we have offered a counterproposal that does not put us further in debt, we support celebrating emancipation with a federal holiday, but believe we should eliminate a current holiday in exchange. We chose Columbus Day as a holiday that is lightly celebrated, and least disruptive to Americans’ schedules.

4. Johnita Due:

   We knew it was important to our country and important to our audiences to shed light on the meaning and significance of Juneteenth, and not only as an historic event but really as a way to engage and educate people about what still needs to happen for all of us to achieve freedom and justice.

5. Chip Roy:

   Juneteenth should be commemorated as the expression of the realization of the end of slavery in the United States - and I commend those who worked for its passage, i could not vote for this bill, however, because the holiday should not be called 'Juneteenth National Independence Day' but rather, ‘Juneteenth National Emancipation [or Freedom or otherwise] Day.’.

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