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![[CREDIT: Juneteenth RI] Today is the first state observance of Juneteenth.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Juneteenth-300x225.jpg)
PROVIDENCE — In 2021, the Congress made Juneteenth a federal holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States, observed today as a state holiday for the first […]
WARWICK, RI — The Warwick City Council ratified Mayor Frank Picozzi’s agreement with the city, fire & police unions adding a paid union Juneteenth holiday to the city’s 13 holidays, […]
![[CREDIT: Sen. Jack Reed's Office] US Sen. Jack Reed, who co-sponsored a bill in the Senate making Juneteenth a federal holiday, held an online observance of the holiday.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Juneteenth-federal-holiday-Reed-1-140x140.png)
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Senate and House have approved bills making Juneteenth a federal holiday celebrating the official end of slavery in the United States. The Juneteenth National Independence […]
Editor’s note: Juneteenth, falling June 19, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that slavery […]
