| Juneteenth became a state holiday in Texas in 1980, and a number of other states subsequently followed suit. |
| I 'member after freedom, missy have de big celebration on Juneteenth every year. |
| This holds true for Juneteenth Jamboree as much as for The Tan Chaateuse. |
| That day of gaining freedom is now celebrated as Juneteenth in several states. |
| 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. |
| It is a sort of an alternative Independence Day as 39 states now formally observe Juneteenth as the end of slavery in America. |
