What is Juneteenth? The origin of the holiday and why so many companies are now recognizing it

What is Juneteenth? The origin of the holiday and why so many companies are now recognizing it

Pennsylvania and 46 other states recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday, but efforts to make it a national holiday have stalled in Congress.

Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Copy and paste this URL into your WordPress site to embed

<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://www.penncapital-star.com/civil-rights-social-justice/what-is-juneteenth-the-origin-of-the-holiday-and-why-so-many-companies-are-now-recognizing-it/">What is Juneteenth? The origin of the holiday and why so many companies are now recognizing it</a></blockquote>
<script type='text/javascript'>
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
		/*! This file is auto-generated */
		!function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document);
//--><!]]>
</script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.penncapital-star.com/civil-rights-social-justice/what-is-juneteenth-the-origin-of-the-holiday-and-why-so-many-companies-are-now-recognizing-it/embed/" width="600" height="400" title="&#8220;What is Juneteenth? The origin of the holiday and why so many companies are now recognizing it&#8221; &#8212; Pennsylvania Capital-Star" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>

Copy and paste this code into your site to embed