Pennsylvania SR 175: A Resolution observing June 19, 2019, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.

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2019-2020 Regular Session SR 175 PN 1030 Bill Text (HTM) 

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PRINTER'S NO. 1030 

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

SENATE RESOLUTION 

No.

175 

Session of 

2019 

INTRODUCED BY STREET, COLLETT, DINNIMAN, FONTANA, LEACH, 

KEARNEY, FARNESE, IOVINO, PHILLIPS-HILL, HUGHES, MUTH, 

TARTAGLIONE, FOLMER, SCHWANK, HUTCHINSON, AUMENT, COSTA AND 

BROWNE, JUNE 19, 2019 

INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 19, 2019 

A RESOLUTION

Observing June 19, 2019, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in 

Pennsylvania.

WHEREAS, Originating in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, 

when slaves in that state learned that they had been freed, 

"Juneteenth National Freedom Day" is the oldest African-American 

holiday observance in the United States; and

WHEREAS, "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" commemorates the 

survival instinct of Africans who endured a transatlantic 

journey, known as the Middle Passage, on slave ships from their 

homeland to this country; and

WHEREAS, Approximately 11.5 million Africans survived the 

harsh voyage to slave markets in the New World during the late 

17th century, and the slave population in the American colonies 

grew quickly; and

WHEREAS, "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" further 

commemorates the impact of slavery, the abolitionist movement 

and African-American emancipation in the United States and has 

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become a traditional celebration of independence, human rights 

and African-American culture in many communities; therefore be 

it

RESOLVED, That the Senate observe June 19, 2019, as 

"Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.

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