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Surname 1StudentCourseInstructorDateJuneteenth, What to the Slave is the Fourth Black National Anthem in JulyJuneteenth is a holiday celebrated in memory of people taken from slavery in the UnitedStates. The holiday began in Texas to mark the liberation from war and slavery. On June 17,2021, President Biden introduced a bill to honor the United States' anniversary of the end ofbondage in the America as a national event. Government representatives will be watching theevent on the same day. From ancient times, the holiday has been known by many names asJubilee, Freedom day , Liberation, and today, a public event. Organizations that make June a paidholiday say it should be held in June (Purcell 750). Biden's departure comes after the moveapproved the hearing of two recent congressional hearings, unrelated to the opposition Senatevote and a minor Republican split in the House of Representatives.The significance ofthese holiday is commended yearly on June 19 to determine the dateon which the last victims of Confederacy were released free of charge. When the Declaration ofIndependence freed the people of the Confederate territories in 1863, it was more than two years

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