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Juneteenth - a term combining June and nineteenth - is our newest  national  holiday,  following the creation of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day in 1983.  President Biden signed  the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on June 17, 2021, officially making June 19 a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.  Also known as the “second Independence Day,”  or “Emancipation Day,” Juneteenth is a holiday of freedom, hope and commitment to equality.