grandchildren aren't here because this is a really, really, really important moment in our history. by making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance we've come but the distance we have to travel. i said a few weeks ago marking 100th anniversary of the tulsa race massacre, great nations don't ignore their most painful moments. great nations don't ignore their most painful moments. they don't ignore those moments in the past. they embrace them. great nations don't walk away. we come to terms with the mistakes we made. and remembering those moments, we begin to heal and grow