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Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances. During his campaign for president in June 2020, Joe Biden publicly celebrated the holiday. [ 125]
Juneteenth flag. Upper half is blue and lower half is red. Colors are divided by a horizontal arch. In the center is a white star which is outlined. The Juneteenth flag is a symbol for the Juneteenth holiday in the United States. The first version was created in 1997 by activist Ben Haith and that early version was displayed in 1997.
June 17, 2024 at 4:30 AM. Alexis Baker. Juneteenth, a commemoration of freedom for the last African American slaves in Texas, will be celebrated nationwide this week. It was on June 19, 1865 that ...
October 31, 2021 Arson 0 0 Austin, Texas Austin synagogue arson: 18-year old Franklin Barrett Sechriest set fire to the main doors of the sanctuary of Congregation Beth Israel, causing more than $250,000 in damage. Sechriest admitted he conducted the attack due to his hatred of Jews and had written, "I set a synagogue on fire," in his personal ...
Several federal holidays are widely observed by private businesses with paid time off. These include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Businesses often close or grant paid time off for New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and the Day after Thanksgiving, but none of these are federal holidays ...
List of colors: A–F. Colors are an important part of visual arts, fashion, interior design, and many other fields and disciplines. The following is a list of colors. A number of the color swatches below are taken from domain-specific naming schemes such as X11 or HTML4. RGB values are given for each swatch because such standards are defined ...
Washington does not have known official state colors. No official state colors are listed the state legislature's State Symbols webpage [40] nor in Chapter 1.20 of the Revised Code of Washington (where other official symbols are designated). [41] Some sources list dark green and gold/yellow, the two colors specified for the flag by law since ...
Category. : Texas state holidays. This is a collection of articles about public holidays observed only, or primarily, by the U.S. State of Texas. For more widely celebrated holidays, see Category:Federal holidays in the United States .