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ME SP0795
Joint Resolution
Status
Introduced
6/18/2025
Primary Sponsor
Rachel Talbot Ross
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AI Summary
- Maine's 132nd Legislature formally recognizes the observance of Juneteenth on June 19, 2025, and encourages public participation in related observances
- Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger proclaimed freedom to all enslaved people in the South in Galveston, Texas—more than 2½ years after the Emancipation Proclamation
- The holiday has been observed for 158 years, making it the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of chattel slavery in the United States
- Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 and an official state holiday in Maine in 2022
- The resolution acknowledges approximately 11.5 million Africans who survived the transatlantic voyage and were enslaved, with their descendants serving in bondage for 200 years before abolition
Legislative Description
JOINT RESOLUTION TO RECOGNIZE THE OBSERVANCE OF JUNETEENTH ON JUNE 19, 2025
Last Action
In concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.
6/18/2025
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