N.J. Gov. Murphy Signs Legislation Designating Juneteenth as a State and Public Holiday
September 11, 2020
September 11, 2020
TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 11 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on Sept. 10:
Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S19), which designates the third Friday in June as a State and public holiday, known as Juneteenth Day. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved people of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom.
"It gives me great prid . . .
Governor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S19), which designates the third Friday in June as a State and public holiday, known as Juneteenth Day. Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved people of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and their freedom.
"It gives me great prid . . .