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(CNN) This year marks the second year Juneteenth will be observed as a federal holiday. June 19 commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas were told by Union Army Gen. Gordon Granger that they had been liberated. Granger's announcement came almost three years after the Emancipation Proclamation

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https://www.aldailynews.com/juneteenth-marked-as-state-holiday-in-alabama-this-year/  JUNE 20 2022

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has authorized Juneteenth Day — the federal holiday marking the end of slavery — as a holiday for state workers this year in Alabama.

Ivey issued a memo earlier this month authorizing the day as a holiday for state workers. State offices will be closed on June 20 for the holiday. Juneteenth, or June 19, falls on a Sunday this year, so the holiday is being recognized the following Monday.

President Joe Biden signed legislation last year to make Juneteenth a federal holiday to recognize the end of slavery. Ivey authorized the holiday for state employees since its designated at the federal level, spokeswoman Gina Maiola wrote in an email.

“However, it is important to remember that ultimately the Legislature must decide if this will become a permanent state holiday,” Maiola wrote.