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SUMMARY:Juneteeth Holiday
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URL:http://rensselaer.cce.cornell.edu/events/2021/06/18/juneteeth-holiday
DESCRIPTION:Our offices will be closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday.About
 JuneteenthJuneteenth is a holiday celebrated on the 19th of June to
 commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the US. The holiday was
 first celebrated in Texas, where on that date in 1865, in the aftermath of the
 Civil War, slaves were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation
 Proclamation. About the illustration: The Juneteenth flag was designed in 1997 by activist Ben Haith (also known as "Boston Ben").[1] Haith displayed the first version of the Juneteenth flag in June 1997 at Boston's John Eliot Square District. It was described by Patricia Smith of the Boston Globe as, "A banner adorned with sunbursts and flaming candles".[2] A revised design was copyrighted by Haith in 2000.[3] Haith also founded the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation (NJCF).[4] Lisa Jeanne Graf reports that as an illustrator she fine-tuned the design for the NJCF.[5]J(from Wikipedia).
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