{"id":49006,"date":"2022-06-13T19:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T19:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/06\/13\/is-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:08:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:08:18","slug":"is-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2022\/06\/13\/is-juneteenth-a-federal-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Juneteenth a federal holiday?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juneteenth National Independence Day falls on Sunday, June 19, 2022, and is a federal holiday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opm.gov\/policy-data-oversight\/pay-leave\/federal-holidays\/#url=2022\" target=\"_blank\">according to<\/a> the Office of Personnel Management. Most federal employees will receive the following Monday as a day off of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newest Federal holiday was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-juneteenth-federal-holiday-9bb62a3448376e05d87ac79cf27970d2\" target=\"_blank\">signed <\/a>into law on June 17, 2021, by President Joe Biden to commemorate the end of slavery in the U.S. following the conclusion of the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/what-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\">day <\/a>has been celebrated annually around the country since 1865 when a Union General arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed the enslaved African Americans that the Confederacy had lost the war and that they were free as per the Emancipation Proclamation, which was inked in 1863. 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