>> JUST YESTERDAY PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN SIGNED LEGISLATION MAKING
JUNETEENTH A NATIONAL HOLIDAY.
OFFICIALLY JUNETEENTH IS
CELEBRATED TOMORROW JUNE 19th
WHICH IN 1865 WAS THE DATE
FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVED IN TEXAS
TO LET AFRICAN-AMERICAN SLAVES
KNOW THE EMANCIPATION
OCCUPATION HAD FREED ALL THE
SLAVES TWO YEARS EARLIER.
SLAVERY EVERYWHERE IN THE U.S.
WAS NOT ABOLISHED WHEN THE 13th
AMENDMENT WAS RATIFIED AS PART
OF OUR CONSTITUTION.
IN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING
GOVERNOR TONY EVERS GATHERED
WITH OTHER STATE OFFICIALS TO
CELEBRATE THE NEW HOLIDAY AND
KICK OFF WEEKEND ACTIVITIES IN