Freedom Day

noun

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Griffin criticized the country’s response to Covid-19 and the push for people to be vaccinated against it during a Health Freedom Day event in 2024. Katherine Dillinger, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 Juneteenth Freedom Day, noon-5 p.m., Florence Nature Park Event Center & Gathering House, 7200 Nature Park Drive, Florence. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Juneteenth, also known as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth Independence Day or Freedom Day, acknowledges the end of slavery in the United States and is observed every year on June 19. Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2025 Juneteenth also called 'Black Fourth of July,' 'Freedom Day' Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops in Galveston, Texas. Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for Freedom Day

Word History

First Known Use

1931, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Freedom Day was in 1931

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“Freedom Day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Freedom%20Day. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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