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What does Juneteenth mean?

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  1. (US) A holiday celebrated in a number of U.S. states on June nineteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S.
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That day of gaining freedom is now celebrated as Juneteenth in several states.
Juneteenth became a state holiday in Texas in 1980, and a number of other states subsequently followed suit.
It is a sort of an alternative Independence Day as 39 states now formally observe Juneteenth as the end of slavery in America.
His own band gained its rep at the Baltimore Blues Festival, Houston's Juneteenth Festival and the New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival, a news release says.
This holds true for Juneteenth Jamboree as much as for The Tan Chaateuse.
The following year, on June 19, the first official Juneteenth celebrations took place in Texas.

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