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How many years passed between the end of slavery in Texas (June 19, 1865) and the recognition of Juneteenth as a federal holiday?
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156 years
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Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, 156 years after June 19, 1865. On that day in 1865, General Gordon Granger issued an order in Galveston announcing that enslaved people in Texas were free. The date commemorates emancipation and its enforcement, rather than a single moment when slavery ended everywhere.
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Sources: U.S. National Archives, Wikipedia