Posted in Web Juneteenth National Independence Day – U.S. National Park Service August 10, 2025 Juneteenth (June 19) is the one of the oldest known commemorations related to the abolition of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth National Independence Day was signed into law as a national holiday on June 17, 2021. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/npscelebrates/juneteenth.htm