Insider is taking Juneteenth off on Monday, June 19.
I wrote an out-of-office message to educate people and let them know I won't be checking email.
Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865.
Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the US, when the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas (then the most remote Confederate state) on June 19, 1865.
On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill into law to make Juneteenth a national holiday.
Persons:
Juneteenth, —, Joe Biden
Organizations:
Service, Inc, Twitter, Nike, Juneteenth, Microsoft
Locations:
Texas