Juneteenth 2021

Juneteenth for the year 2021 is celebrated/ observed on Saturday, June 19.

Juneteenth is observed on June 19 each year commemorating the emancipation of the enslaved African Americans back in 1865. President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law on June 17, 2021.

Back on January 1st 1863 then President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation outlawing slavery in the original confederate states. On June 19th, 1865 Union Army general Gordon Granger under the General Order No. 3 enforced the freedom of enslaved people in the last held out state in the confederacy, Texas.

Days to Juneteenth 2021

Saturday, June 19th is day number 170 of the 2021 calendar year with -3 years, -5 months, -3 days until Juneteenth 2021.

Juneteenth
Name(s):	Juneteenth, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Black Independence Day
Type:	Federal Holiday
When:	June 19th Annually