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WA and Idaho officials support Juneteenth becoming a federal holiday


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June 17, 2021 7:43 PM
Matthew Kincanon
MO
FILE - This updated handout photo provided by the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, shows a signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation. The rare copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln and then-Secretary of State William Seward will be displayed when Illinois lawmakers sign a Juneteenth holiday into law. Illinois became the latest state to make Juneteenth an official state holiday as Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a measure Wednesday, June 16, 2021, near the signed copy of the Emancipation Proclamation.
SPOKANE, Wash. With Juneteenth officially becoming a federal holiday, several Washington state and Idaho elected officials released statements in support of it. ....

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