Participants at the Taste of Soul Juneteenth celebration event pose in front of a banner at Sheppard Air Force Base, June 18, 2021. Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021 when president Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law. Juneteenth celebrates the day when Major General Gordon Granger enacted General Order No. 3, informing people in Texas that they were emancipated.

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