The United States just made June 19 or Juneteenth a federal holiday when President Biden on Thursday signed the measure into law, marking the day when the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, TX.
It is a day of observation for all Americans. For, all of us are truly free only when everyone is free.
“A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.”
— Frederick Douglass.