Editing Juneteenth (section)

===Revival of celebrations===
====1960s–1980s====
[[File:Juneteenth Celebration program, 1980 (49998870952).jpg|thumb|right|Flyer for a 1980 Juneteenth celebration at the [[Seattle Center]]]]

Juneteenth soon saw a revival as Black people began tying their struggle to that of ending slavery. In [[Atlanta]], some campaigners for equality wore Juneteenth buttons. During the 1968 [[Poor People's Campaign]] to [[Washington, DC]], called by Rev. [[Ralph Abernathy]], the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] made June 19 the "Solidarity Day of the Poor People's Campaign".{{sfn|Wynn|2009|p=}}<ref name=":7"/> In the subsequent revival, large celebrations in [[Minneapolis]] and [[Milwaukee]] emerged,{{Sfn|Jaynes|2005|p=}} as well as across the Eastern United States.<ref name=":9">{{Cite journal|last=Wiggins |first=William H. |date=June–July 1993|title=Juneteenth: tracking the progress of an emancipation celebration |journal=American Visions |volume=8 |issue=3}}</ref>

In 1974, Houston began holding large-scale celebrations again,<ref name=":1"/> and [[Fort Worth, Texas]], followed the next year. Around 30,000 people attended festivities at Sycamore Park in Fort Worth the following year.<ref name=":5"/> The 1978 Milwaukee celebration was described as drawing over 100,000 attendees.<ref name=":9"/> In 1979, the Texas Legislature made the occasion a state holiday.<ref name=AARP>Hochman, David (June/July 2022). "The History of Juneteenth". ''[[AARP: The Magazine]]''. p. 70.</ref> In the late 1980s, there were major celebrations of Juneteenth in California, Wisconsin, Illinois, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.<ref name=":1"/>

====Prayer breakfast and commemorative celebrations====
[[File:Al Edwards Statue.jpg|thumb|upright|Al Edwards statue]]
In 1979, Democratic State Representative [[Al Edwards (politician)|Al Edwards]] of Houston successfully sponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a paid Texas state holiday. The same year, he hosted the inaugural Al Edwards prayer breakfast and commemorative celebration on the grounds of the 1859 home, Ashton Villa. As one of the few existing buildings from the Civil War era and popular in local myth and legend as the location of Major General Granger's order, Edwards's annual celebration includes a local historian dressed as the Union general<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.galvnews.com/news/image_151ef2ae-1e20-52d4-bd52-2ed494ebe562.html|title=Juneteenth celebrated in Galveston|first=Jennifer|last=Reynolds|website=[[The Daily News (Texas)|The Daily News]]|date=June 19, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630160240/https://www.galvnews.com/news/image_151ef2ae-1e20-52d4-bd52-2ed494ebe562.html|url-status=live}}</ref> reading General Order No.&nbsp;3 from the second-story balcony of the home. The Emancipation Proclamation is also read and speeches are made.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/baytown-news/article/Galveston-to-receive-Juneteenth-statue-1865656.php|title=Galveston to receive Juneteenth statue|first1=Thayer|last1=Evans|date=June 15, 2006|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629023317/https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/baytown-news/article/Galveston-to-receive-Juneteenth-statue-1865656.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Houston-legislator-recalls-fight-for-Juneteenth-6336573.php|title=Houston legislator recalls fight for Juneteenth holiday|first=Harvey|last=Rice|date=June 19, 2015|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616123425/https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/Houston-legislator-recalls-fight-for-Juneteenth-6336573.php|url-status=live}}</ref> Representative Al Edwards died of natural causes April&nbsp;29, 2020, at the age of 83,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Al-Edwards-former-state-rep-behind-bill-that-15234850.php|title=Al Edwards, former state rep behind bill that created Juneteenth, dies at 83|first=Jasper|last=Scherer|date=April 29, 2020|newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]]|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430150010/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Al-Edwards-former-state-rep-behind-bill-that-15234850.php|url-status=live}}</ref> but the annual prayer breakfast and commemorative celebration continued at Ashton Villa, with the late legislator's son Jason Edwards speaking in his father's place.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_fa956b38-1302-50f5-8bd3-b5397bde61e6.html|title=Galveston County Juneteenth events give voice to history, even amid pandemic|first=Matt|last=DeGrood|newspaper=[[The Daily News (Texas)|The Daily News]]|date=June 19, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630195742/https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_fa956b38-1302-50f5-8bd3-b5397bde61e6.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=John Wayne|last=Ferguson|url=https://www.galvnews.com/news/article_d8eab972-052d-5be2-a385-70b3c5b97918.html|title=After crises and loss, Juneteenth in Galveston 'feels different'|newspaper=[[The Daily News (Texas)|The Daily News]]|date=June 19, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020|archive-date=June 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630061107/https://www.galvnews.com/news/article_d8eab972-052d-5be2-a385-70b3c5b97918.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Official statewide recognitions ====
In the late 1970s, when the [[Texas Legislature]] declared Juneteenth a "holiday of significance ... particularly to the blacks of Texas,"{{sfn|Wilson|2006|p=239}} it became the first state to establish Juneteenth as a state holiday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/independence-day/page/0/1 |first=Anne |last=Dingus |title=Once a Texas-only holiday marking the end of slavery, Juneteenth is now celebrated nationwide with high spirits and hot barbecue |date=June 2001 |website=[[Texas Monthly]] |access-date=October 11, 2013 |archive-date=July 14, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714094154/http://www.texasmonthly.com/story/independence-day/page/0/1 |url-status=live }}</ref> The bill passed through the Texas Legislature in 1979 and was officially made a state holiday on January&nbsp;1, 1980. Before 2000, three more [[U.S. states]] officially observed the day, and over the next two decades it was recognized as an official observance in all states, except [[South Dakota]], until becoming a federal holiday.<ref name="crs">{{Cite report |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R44865/26 |title=Juneteenth: Fact Sheet (CRS Report R44865) |author=Smith |first=Erin M. |date=July 1, 2022 |publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] |access-date=July 18, 2022 |version=Version 26}}</ref>

==== Juneteenth in pop culture and the mass media ====
Since the 1980s and 1990s, the holiday has been more widely celebrated among African-American communities and has seen increasing mainstream attention in the US.{{sfn|Knight|2011|p=}}<ref name=":3" /> In 1991, there was an exhibition by the [[Anacostia Community Museum]] (part of the [[Smithsonian Institution]]) called "Juneteenth '91, Freedom Revisited",{{sfn|Jaynes|2005|p=}} In 1994, a group of community leaders gathered at Christian Unity Baptist Church in [[New Orleans]] to work for greater national celebration of Juneteenth.{{sfn|Knight|2011|p=}}<ref name=":3">{{cite web|last=Chandler|first=D.L.|date=June 19, 2012|title=Juneteenth: Celebrating The Early Moments Of Freedom Today|url=http://newsone.com/2021601/juneteenth-history|website=News One (Pakistani TV channel)|access-date=June 19, 2014|archive-date=July 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718091326/https://newsone.com/2021601/juneteenth-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> Expatriates have celebrated it in cities abroad, such as Paris.<ref name="moskin2004">{{cite news|last=Moskin|first=Julie|date=June 18, 2004|title=Late to Freedom's Party, Texans Spread Word of Black Holiday|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/18/national/18june.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=April 28, 2011|archive-date=June 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624083153/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/18/national/18june.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Some US military bases in other countries sponsor celebrations, in addition to those of private groups.<ref name="moskin2004" /><ref name="jtcom02">{{cite web |title=The World Celebrates Freedom |url=http://www.juneteenth.com/international.htm |access-date=June 19, 2006 |website=Juneteenth.com |archive-date=December 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217032727/http://juneteenth.com/international.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1999, [[Ralph Ellison]]'s novel ''[[Juneteenth (novel)|Juneteenth]]'' was published, increasing recognition of the holiday.{{sfn|Guzzio|1999|p=}} By 2006, at least 200 cities celebrated the day.{{sfn|Jaynes|2005|p=}}

In 1997, activist [[Ben Haith]] created the [[Juneteenth flag]], which was further refined by illustrator Lisa Jeanne Graf. In 2000, the flag was first hoisted at the [[Roxbury Heritage State Park]] in Boston by Haith. The star at the center represents Texas and the extension of freedom for all African Americans throughout the whole nation. The burst around the star represents a [[nova]] and the red curve represents a [[horizon]], standing for a new era for African Americans. The red, white, and blue colors represent the American flag, which shows that African Americans and their enslaved ancestors are Americans, and the national belief in liberty and justice for all citizens.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gagosz|first=Alexa|date=June 16, 2021|title=What does the Juneteenth Flag mean?|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/16/metro/what-does-juneteenth-flag-mean/|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=June 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616221232/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/06/16/metro/what-does-juneteenth-flag-mean/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaur|first1=Harmeet|last2=Mullery|first2=Will|date=June 19, 2020|title=The Juneteenth flag is full of symbols. Here's what they mean|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/freedom-day-juneteenth-flag-meaning-trnd/index.html|website=[[CNN]]|access-date=June 17, 2021|archive-date=May 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210520180811/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/freedom-day-juneteenth-flag-meaning-trnd/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The holiday gained mainstream awareness outside African-American communities through depictions in media, such as episodes of TV series ''[[Atlanta (TV series)#ep9|Atlanta]]'' (2016)<ref>{{cite news|last=Ho|first=Rodney|date=October 25, 2016|title=FX's 'Atlanta' recap ('Juneteenth'): season 1, episode 9|url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/atlanta-recap-juneteenth-season-episode/tM9R8tdDj9LKUIch1YVbPJ/|newspaper=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230554/https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/atlanta-recap-juneteenth-season-episode/tM9R8tdDj9LKUIch1YVbPJ/|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''[[Black-ish (season 4)#Episodes|Black-ish]]'' (2017),<ref>{{cite web|last=Framke|first=Caroline|date=October 4, 2017|title=Black-ish's musical episode about Juneteenth is a pointed lesson on American ignorance|url=https://www.vox.com/fall-tv/2017/10/4/16418774/blackish-juneteenth-episode-season-3-premiere-recap|website=Vox|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618230233/https://www.vox.com/fall-tv/2017/10/4/16418774/blackish-juneteenth-episode-season-3-premiere-recap|url-status=live}}</ref> the latter of which featured musical numbers about the holiday by [[Aloe Blacc]], [[The Roots]],<ref>{{cite web|author=ABC News|date=October 4, 2017|title=I Am A Slave|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=M_FP7x322cc|via=YouTube|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927195951/https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=M_FP7x322cc|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Fonzworth Bentley]].<ref>{{cite web|author=ABC|date=October 9, 2017|title=We Built This|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzaUTbnh_CQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MzaUTbnh_CQ| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|access-date=June 18, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Butler|first=Berhonie|date=October 4, 2017|title='Blackish' gives a powerful history lesson – with nods to 'Hamilton' and 'Schoolhouse Rock'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/04/blackish-gives-a-powerful-history-lesson-with-nods-to-hamilton-and-schoolhouse-rock/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=June 18, 2018|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718144629/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2017/10/04/blackish-gives-a-powerful-history-lesson-with-nods-to-hamilton-and-schoolhouse-rock/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] added Juneteenth to its calendars in [[iOS]] under official U.S. holidays.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ciaccia|first=Chris|date=February 16, 2018|title=Apple's iCal calendar mysteriously deletes Easter|url=https://www.foxnews.com/tech/apples-ical-calendar-mysteriously-deletes-easter|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=February 16, 2018|archive-date=February 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216165535/http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/02/16/apples-ical-calendar-mysteriously-deletes-easter.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Some private companies have adopted Juneteenth as a paid day off for employees, while others have officially marked the day in other ways, such as a [[moment of silence]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dzhanova|first=Yelena|date=June 19, 2020|title=Here's a running list of all the big companies observing Juneteenth this year|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/here-are-the-companies-observing-juneteenth-this-year.html|publisher=[[CNBC]]|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618201743/https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/17/here-are-the-companies-observing-juneteenth-this-year.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Duffy|first=Clare|date=June 18, 2020|title=A growing number of companies are giving employees the day off to celebrate Juneteenth|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/business/companies-observing-juneteenth/index.html|publisher=[[CNN Business]]|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628014529/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/18/business/companies-observing-juneteenth/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020, several American corporations and educational institutions, including [[Twitter]], the [[National Football League]], [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]], began treating Juneteenth as a company holiday, providing a paid day off to their workers,<ref>{{cite web|last=Brooks|first=Kristopher J.|date=June 19, 2020|title=Starting the trend for making Juneteenth a company holiday|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/juneteenth-holiday-company-trend-paid-time-off/|website=[[CBS News]]|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618004319/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/juneteenth-holiday-company-trend-paid-time-off/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Google Calendar]] added Juneteenth to its U.S. Holidays calendar.<ref>{{cite web|last=Vonau|first=Manuel|date=June 16, 2020|title=Google makes Juneteenth an official Google Calendar holiday|url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/16/google-makes-juneteenth-an-official-google-calendar-holiday/|website=Android Police|access-date=June 16, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616183553/https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/06/16/google-makes-juneteenth-an-official-google-calendar-holiday/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also in 2020, a number of major universities formally recognized Juneteenth,<ref>{{cite web|last=Anderson|first=Greta|date=June 19, 2020|title=Growing Recognition of Juneteenth|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/19/colleges-acknowledge-juneteenth-holiday|website=Inside Higher Ed|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618005122/https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/19/colleges-acknowledge-juneteenth-holiday|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=LyCNN>{{cite web|last=Ly|first=Laura|date=June 20, 2020|title=Amid nationwide rallies and celebrations, more cities, states and universities designate Juneteenth as an official holiday|url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/us/juneteenth-official-holiday-nation/index.html|website=cnn.com|publisher=CNN|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=July 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210705131847/https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/20/us/juneteenth-official-holiday-nation/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> either as a "day of reflection" or as a university holiday with paid time off for faculty and staff.<ref name=LyCNN />

The 2020 mother-daughter film on the holiday's pageant culture, ''[[Miss Juneteenth]]'', celebrates African-American women who are "determined to stand on their own," while a resourceful mother is "getting past a sexist tendency in her community to keep women in their place."<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|date=June 17, 2020|title='Miss Juneteenth' Review: A Beauty Pageant, in the Eye of the Beholder|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/miss-juneteenth-movie-review-1014952/|access-date=July 18, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=July 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718192333/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/miss-juneteenth-movie-review-1014952/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Becoming a federal holiday====
[[File:President Biden signs Juneteenth National Independence Day into law.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law, June 17, 2021. [[Opal Lee]] is third from left.]]
In 1996, the first federal legislation to recognize "Juneteenth Independence Day" was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, H.J.&nbsp;Res.&nbsp;195, sponsored by [[Barbara-Rose Collins]] (D-MI). In 1997, Congress recognized the day through Senate Joint Resolution&nbsp;11 and House Joint Resolution&nbsp;56. In 2013, the U.S. Senate passed Senate Resolution&nbsp;175, acknowledging Lula Briggs Galloway (late president of the National Association of Juneteenth Lineage), who "successfully worked to bring national recognition to Juneteenth Independence Day", and the continued leadership of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation.<ref name="sr175">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/175/text |title=S.Res.175 – A resolution observing Juneteenth Independence Day, June 19, 1865, the day on which slavery finally came to an end in the United States |website=United States Congress |date=June 19, 2013 |access-date=June 19, 2015 |archive-date=July 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718091356/https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-resolution/175/text |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the 2000s and 2010s, activists continued a long process to push Congress towards official recognition of Juneteenth.<ref>{{cite journal|first=E.H.|last=Turner|title=Juneteenth: The Evolution of an Emancipation Celebration|journal=European Contributions to American Studies|volume=65|date=2006|pages=69–81}}</ref> Organizations such as the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation sought a Congressional designation of Juneteenth as a national day of observance.<ref name="gates"/> By 2016, 45 states were recognizing the occasion.<ref name=AARP/> Activist [[Opal Lee]], often referred to as the "grandmother of Juneteenth",<ref name=AARP2022>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[AARP Magazine]] |title=The Grandmother of Juneteenth |issue=June/July 2022 |page=21 |author=David Hochman}}</ref> campaigned for decades to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, leading walks in many states to promote the idea.<ref name = NPR>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007498876/how-juneteenth-became-national-holiday|title=One Woman's Decades-Long Fight To Make Juneteenth A U.S. Holiday|last=Romo|first=Vanessa|date=June 17, 2021|work=NPR|access-date=June 19, 2023|archive-date=April 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418131036/https://www.npr.org/2021/06/17/1007498876/how-juneteenth-became-national-holiday|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016–17 at the age of 89, she led a symbolic walk from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington D.C. to advocate for the federal holiday.<ref name=AARP/><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Jackson|first=Angelique|date=June 17, 2021|title=Why 94-Year-Old Activist Opal Lee Marched to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2021/politics/features/activist-opal-lee-juneteenth-holiday-1234998507|access-date=June 18, 2021|archive-date=June 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617233620/https://variety.com/2021/politics/features/activist-opal-lee-juneteenth-holiday-1234998507/|url-status=live}}</ref> When it was officially made a federal holiday on June 17, 2021, she was standing beside President [[Joe Biden]] as he signed the bill.<ref name = NPR/>

Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January&nbsp;1), Independence Day (July&nbsp;4), Veterans Day (November&nbsp;11), and Christmas Day (December&nbsp;25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] was declared a holiday in 1986.<ref>{{cite web |title=Juneteenth: US to add federal holiday marking end of slavery |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57493282 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |work=BBC News |date=June 17, 2021 |archive-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616032005/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57493282 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite news |last1=Broadwater |first1=Luke |title=Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Heads to Biden's Desk |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/16/us/politics-news |access-date=June 17, 2021 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 16, 2021 |archive-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617135314/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/06/16/us/politics-news |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=BlackInd>{{cite web |title=Biden signs into law bill establishing Juneteenth as federal holiday |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-signs-law-bill-establishing-juneteenth-federal-holiday-n1271213 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |work=NBC News |date=June 17, 2021 |archive-date=June 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618124640/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-signs-law-bill-establishing-juneteenth-federal-holiday-n1271213 |url-status=live }}</ref> Juneteenth also falls within the statutory [[Honor America Days]] period, which lasts for 21 days from [[Flag Day (United States)|Flag Day]] (June 14) to [[Independence Day (United States)|Independence Day]] (July 4).