Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan Signs Executive Order Declaring Juneteenth Holiday in City of Albany
June 18, 2020
June 18, 2020
ALBANY, New York, June 18 -- The city of Albany issued the following news release:
Mayor Kathy Sheehan has signed an Executive Order declaring Juneteenth a holiday in the City of Albany.
June 19, or Juneteenth, is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States and celebrates African American freedom and achievement. On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Union troops led by Major General . . .
Mayor Kathy Sheehan has signed an Executive Order declaring Juneteenth a holiday in the City of Albany.
June 19, or Juneteenth, is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States and celebrates African American freedom and achievement. On June 19, 1865, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Union troops led by Major General . . .