Taylor Swift Calls For Juneteenth To Become A National Holiday In The U.S.
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etcanada.comTaylor Swift is calling for Juneteenth to be made a national holiday. June 19 marks the official end of slavery in the United States and commemorates the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas found out they were free, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed them.
Swift posted a video from the African-American-oriented online magazine The Root, explaining why June 19 should be celebrated as a national holiday.
She then added, “Personally, I’ve made the decision to give all of my employees June 19th off in honour of Freedom Day from now on, and to continue to educate myself on the history that brought us to this present moment. “For my family, everything that has transpired recently gives us an opportunity to
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