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Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming In the State of New Jersey, the United States, there are 13 public holidays in 2023, and two of them fall on weekends:
New Year's Day and Veterans Day. The following is the list of public holidays in the State of New Jersey, the United States in 2023. Please also check working days in New Jersey in 2023. 2024 Jun 14, Jun 15, Jun 19, Jun 21 New JerseyFri, Jun 21Government Holiday USAWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday ColoradoWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday ConnecticutWed, Jun 19Regional
Holiday DelawareWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday District of ColumbiaWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday GeorgiaWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday IdahoWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday IllinoisWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday MaineWed, Jun 19Regional
Holiday MarylandWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday MassachusettsWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday MichiganWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday MissouriWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday NebraskaWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday New MexicoWed, Jun 19Regional
Holiday New YorkWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday OhioWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday OregonWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday South DakotaWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday TexasWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday UtahWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday VirginiaWed,
Jun 19Regional Holiday WashingtonWed, Jun 19Regional Holiday LouisianaSat, Jun 15Government Holiday LouisianaFri, Jun 14Government Holiday (in lieu) 2023 Jun 16, Jun 17, Jun 19 USAMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday ColoradoMon,
Jun 19Regional Holiday ConnecticutMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday DelawareMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday District of ColumbiaMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday GeorgiaMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday IdahoMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday IllinoisMon, Jun
19Regional Holiday MaineMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday MarylandMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday (in lieu) MassachusettsMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday MichiganMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday MissouriMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday NebraskaMon, Jun
19Regional Holiday New MexicoMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday New YorkMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday OhioMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday OregonMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday South DakotaMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday TexasMon, Jun
19Regional Holiday UtahMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday VirginiaMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday WashingtonMon, Jun 19Regional Holiday LouisianaSat, Jun 17Government Holiday LouisianaFri, Jun 16Government Holiday (in lieu) New JerseyFri,
Jun 16Government Holiday 2022 Jun 17, Jun 18, Jun 19, Jun 20 USAMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) AlabamaMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) ColoradoMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) ConnecticutMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) DelawareMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) District of ColumbiaMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) GeorgiaMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) IdahoMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) MarylandMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) MassachusettsMon,
Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) MichiganMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) MissouriMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) NebraskaMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) New MexicoMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) New YorkMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in
lieu) OhioMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) OregonMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) South DakotaMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) UtahMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) VirginiaMon, Jun 20Regional Holiday (in lieu) WashingtonMon,
Jun 20Regional Holiday IllinoisSun, Jun 19Regional Holiday MaineSun, Jun 19Regional Holiday New YorkSun, Jun 19Regional Holiday TexasSun, Jun 19Regional Holiday LouisianaSat, Jun 18Government Holiday LouisianaFri, Jun
17Government Holiday (in lieu) New JerseyFri, Jun 17Government Holiday West VirginiaFri, Jun 17Regional Holiday 2021 Jun 18, Jun 19 MassachusettsSat, Jun 19Government Holiday New YorkSat, Jun 19Government Holiday TexasSat,
Jun 19Government Holiday USAFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) AlabamaFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) IdahoFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) IllinoisFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) LouisianaFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday MarylandFri,
Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) MissouriFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) NebraskaFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) New JerseyFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday OhioFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) VirginiaFri, Jun 18Regional Holiday (in lieu) 2020 Jun 19 New YorkFri, Jun 19Government Holiday TexasFri, Jun 19Government Holiday VirginiaFri, Jun 19Government Holiday Juneteenth is a federal holiday and state holiday in several states. It commemorates the date in 1865 when news of the emancipation of African American slaves reached Galveston ColoradoJun 19 ConnecticutJun 19 DelawareJun 19 District of ColumbiaJun 19 GeorgiaJun 19 IdahoJun 19 IllinoisJun 19 LouisianaJun 17 LouisianaJun 16 (in lieu) MaineJun 19 MarylandJun 19 (in lieu) MassachusettsJun 19 MichiganJun 19 MissouriJun 19 NebraskaJun 19 New JerseyJun 16 New MexicoJun 19 New YorkJun 19 OhioJun 19 OregonJun 19 South DakotaJun 19 TexasJun 19 USAJun 19 UtahJun 19 VirginiaJun
19 WashingtonJun 19 Juneteenth National Independence Day is a US federal holiday. It was signed into law by President Joe Biden on Thursday June 17th 2021. Juneteenth is a state holiday observed in 18 states and D.C. on June 19th each year. If June 19th falls on a weekend, the federal holiday and most state holidays will observe a holiday on the closest working weekday. In New Jersey, Juneteenth is observed as a
state and public holiday on the third Friday in June. All other states officially recognize Juneteenth and have an official observance of the day, and most states hold celebrations. 30% of private employers offer Juneteenth as a paid holiday in 2022, according to survey data from the Wisconsin-based International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. Officially known as Emancipation Day and also called Juneteenth Independence Day
and Freedom Day, Juneteenth is a portmanteau word for June and nineteenth and commemorates the June 19th 1865 announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas and the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the Confederate South. On January 1st 1863, Abraham Lincoln declared the end of slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation. Two and half years later, and two months after the end of the Civil War, Union troops arrived in Galveston on
June 19th 1865 to find that news of the proclamation had not yet reached Galveston and that people were still being held as slaves in Texas. The leader of the Union Troops, General Gordon Granger then formally announced the emancipation from the balcony of the former Confederate Army headquarters. The reason why the news about the emancipation took so long to reach Texas is subject to speculation. One theory is that the messenger who was originally sent with the news had been killed
before he reached Texas. A more likely scenario is that the local slave owners simply held onto the information, ignoring the emancipation order. Although the news of the emancipation reached towns at different times across the South, there was a collective decision to recognize 19th June as the date of the emancipation. The date of the proclamation itself (January 1st) wasn't considered as the people wanted to mark the date when the slaves' lives were actually affected by the new
freedom. In 1866, thousands of former slaves traveled back to Galveston on June 19 in recognition of their newfound freedom, calling the gathering Jubilee Day. In 1872, when faced with backlash for their pilgrimage back to the island city, a group of Black Americans purchased 10 acres of land in Houston and named it Emancipation Park. It was devoted specifically as a Juneteenth celebration site and is still around to this day. The annual commemoration of June 19th, which became known
as Juneteenth, was seen as a stabilizing and motivating presence in the lives of African-Americans in Texas, who despite their newly-acquired freedom, still faced many uncertainties and challenges. Celebrations include parades, storytelling, barbecue and baseball. Strawberry soda pop is the drink of choice and the building from which General Granger read the Proclamation is now a historic landmark. While Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery
in the United States, it wasn't until 1980 that it was made an official state paid holiday in Texas, through the efforts of Texas state Rep. Al Edwards, D-Houston. Note that state offices are not closed, but are staffed by a "skeleton crew." When Juneteenth was officially named a national federal holiday in June 2021, the city of Galveston dedicated a 5,000 square-foot mural titled “Absolute Equality” near the location where General Granger announced the news of freedom. The Juneteenth flag was created in 1997 by Ben Haith, the founder of the National Juneteenth Celebration Foundation. Each element represents a facet of freedom for Black Americans: The bursting outline around the star is inspired by a nova - a new star, representing a new beginning for the newly freed slaves. The white star in the center of the flag has a dual meaning, Haith said. It represents both Texas, the Lone Star State, but also the freedom of
all Black Americans in all 50 states. The curving arc across the width of the flag represents a new horizon: the opportunities and promise that lay ahead for Black Americans. The red, white and blue represents the American flag, a reminder that the enslaved people and their descendants were and are Americans. Translate this pageDoes NJ recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday?Gov. Phil Murphy signed it into law in September 2020, and the first state holiday was last year. With last year's June 19 falling on a weekend, Sweeney said leaders decided to make it a “real holiday,” with it always being a three-day weekend, rather than a rolling date.
Do NJ schools have off for Juneteenth?All schools are closed.
Is Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2022 in NJ?Juneteenth observed by NJ, federal government. For the first time on Monday, Juneteenth will be recognized as both a state and federal holiday.
Is Juneteenth a federal holiday for all states?Juneteenth became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. All 50 states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth as a holiday or observance, and at least 21 states and the District of Columbia have designated Juneteeth as a permanent paid and/or legal holiday through legislation or executive action.
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