Biden Signs Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth, or June 19, a new federal holiday in honor of the day the last enslaved people were freed in 1865. The bill received overwhelming bipartisan support and earned both parties praise from the president, saying, “I have to say to you, I’ve only been president for several months but I think this will go down for me as one of the greatest honors I’ll have had as president. Not because I did it– you did it.”