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Juneteenth is a federally-recognized American holiday observed on June 19th. It is also known as Emancipation Day and Black Independence Day. In 2023, it falls on a Monday. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of ending slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas, with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free… Juneteenth History.