{"id":22170,"date":"2021-06-19T17:38:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T12:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensembleias.com\/blog\/?p=22170"},"modified":"2021-06-19T17:39:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T12:09:05","slug":"what-is-juneteenth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensembleias.com\/blog\/what-is-juneteenth\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is JUNETEENTH ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><strong>WHAT IS JUNETEENTH ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHY IN NEWS ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>US President Joe Biden is to sign a law to make June 19 or \u201cJuneteenth\u201d a national holiday. This holiday will be recognized by federal government to commemorating end of slavery after American Civil War.<\/li>\n<li>Bill to establish Juneteenth National Independence Day was supported in both houses of US Congress and now needs to be approved by White House to become law.<\/li>\n<li>It was passed in the backdrop of the killing of George Floyd that triggered anti-racism protests in the US.<\/li>\n<li>Juneteenth is going to be the first new federal holiday created in almost four decades.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>To buy our online courses:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/online.ensemble.net.in\/s\/store\">Click Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT IS JUNETEENTH ?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Juneteenth combination of June and nineteenth, is observed on June 19 every year. It is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of end of slavery in America.<\/li>\n<li>The day is recognized as a holiday in 47 US states and the District of Columbia, Juneteenth is also known as Emancipation Day or Juneteenth Independence Day.<\/li>\n<li>Juneteenth celebration started in 1866 from the state of Texas, with community-centric events like cookouts, parades, prayer gatherings, historical &amp; cultural readings and musical performances.<\/li>\n<li>While, era of \u201cModern Juneteenth Movement\u201d started in 1994 from New Orleans in Louisiana with the objective of greater recognition of Juneteenth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ensembleias.com\/blog\/new-atlantic-charter-between-the-us-the-uk\/\"><strong>Also Read:- New Atlantic Charter between the US &amp; the UK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT IS JUNETEENTH ? WHY IN NEWS ? 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