# Congress Overwhelmingly Approves Juneteenth as New Federal Holiday

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 17, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-overwhelmingly-approves-juneteenth-as-new-federal-holiday/944440 "2021-06-17T04:52:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dinsdale1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Dinsdale1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale1)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/congress-overwhelmingly-approves-juneteenth-as-new-federal-holiday/944440/44 "2021-06-17T18:20:56Z")

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Just checking - we’re good now, right? No need for any further discussion of reparations, wealth disparity, police brutality, etc , now that we have a Juneteenth holiday! 😉

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