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Orange opts to make Juneteenth paid holiday this year Orange Town Hall at 6 Prospect St. Staff File Photo Modified: 5/10/2021 8:09:22 AM ORANGE The Selectboard voted unanimously to make June 19 a paid holiday for Orange’s hourly workers this year, and the town expects to approach the union during contract negotiations to pitch the idea of trading another holiday for it or accepting a floating holiday so there are only 13 paid holidays in a year. Members fully supported paying employees for working June 19, but were hesitant to permanently add a 14th paid holiday to the town’s budget. June 19 also known as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day and Emancipation Day is considered the oldest known celebration commemorating slavery’s end in the United States. It marks the day in 1865 that Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed enslaved people that the Civil War had ended and they were free.

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