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US set to celebrate end of slavery on new Juneteenth federal public holiday
The United States is expected to soon have a new federal holiday marking the end of slavery.
Key points:
- Juneteenth commemorates the day when Union soldiers informed enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, they were now free
- This will be the first new federal holiday in the US since 1983
- The vast…
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