Juneteenth to Be a Local Holiday

Broward County – Broward County Commissioners are considering designating June 19th, also known as Juneteenth, an official paid holiday. Although President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation had officially outlawed slavery in 1863, Juneteenth celebrates the official end of slavery that took place in Texas on June 19, 1865. Commissioner Dale V.C. Holness, brought this idea the

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