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Illinois makes Juneteenth a state holiday

By Mica Soellner

Published June 16, 2021 11:46pm ET

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Illinois makes Juneteenth a state holiday — Entrepreneur Matthew Pritzker looks at a model of SpaceShipTwo on July 27, 2009, at the annual AirVenture convention in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

Juneteenth will now be a state holiday in Illinois.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill on Wednesday making his state the 47th in the nation to establish June 19 as a day to recognize the end of slavery.

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