Juneteenth is a national holiday

KNOX COUNTY – Monday, June 19, 2023 will be the 157th anniversary commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The name “Juneteenth” refers to the date of the holiday, combining the words “June” and “nineteenth”. It is the oldest nationally-celebrated holiday of the ending of slavery in the United States. For more than 80 years, people in the Northern and South...