Sen. Cortez Masto Issues Statement on Juneteenth 2019
June 19, 2019
June 19, 2019
WASHINGTON, June 19 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following statement commemorating Juneteenth:
Senator Cortez Masto is a cosponsor of a resolution designating June 19th, 2019 as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the last enslaved African and African descendant people in the Southwestern States.
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Senator Cortez Masto is a cosponsor of a resolution designating June 19th, 2019 as Juneteenth Independence Day in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on which news of the end of slavery reached the last enslaved African and African descendant people in the Southwestern States.
"In recognition of this important anniversary, we must remember the s . . .