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This bill amends Mississippi law to designate June 19th, known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, as a legal holiday in the State of Mississippi, adding it to the list of existing state holidays. The bill also clarifies that if a legal holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the next following Monday, or another day proclaimed by the Governor, will be observed as the legal holiday. Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, a significant historical event that occurred on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that enslaved people were free two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

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