Juneteenth Day 2024 is on Wednesday, June 19, 2024: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day?

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 is Juneteenth Day 2024. Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

Juneteenth, also known as Juneteenth Independence Day, Freedom Day, or Emancipation Day, is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in the U.S.

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of 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. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863.

what is significant about juneteenth day?

Okay, Juneteeth is a holiday that's special to African Americans. That's correct. It has to do with slavery.

See slaves were free after the civil war.....Abraham Lincoln signed it September 22, 1862. But slavery still existed in some places so they added the 13th Amendment which got rid of slavery everywhere.

here's where juneteenth comes in...

Juneteenth which we also call Freedom Day, comes for June Nineteenth. JUNE-TEENTH.

the slaves out west didn't get word of the freedom until this day. so it's another celebration of freedom. That's pretty much what it's about.

Should Juneteenth (Whacking day) celebrations be banned in the U.S.?

Juneteenth is not "whacking day." If you're trying to be funny, let me assure that you have failed. Miserably.