# Why did Republicans vote overwhelming to make Juneteenth a holiday?

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**Created:** [June 18, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-republicans-vote-overwhelming-to-make-juneteenth-a-holiday/944505 "2021-06-18T01:30:02Z")\
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> [@Precambrianmollusc](#):
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> I fully expect some odious state law makers to try and rebrand this new holiday in some horrific way.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day was combined with Robert E. Lee’s birthday in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Virginia. Alabama and Arkansas still have it. In Alabama, Juneteenth is posted to the state calendar as “State Holiday.”

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