Jubilee Day

noun

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In Galveston, freedmen celebrated Jubilee Day just one year later, on June 19, 1866. The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 19 June 2025 On June 19, Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day — marks the anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States. Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025 And on the heels of the Black Lives Matter movement, the holiday — also known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day Liberation Day and Emancipation Day — became part of a wider nationwide movement of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across the government, academia and even in commerce. Vanessa Romo, NPR, 16 June 2025 Juneteenth, officially known as Juneteenth National Independence Day, is also known as Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, and Black Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025 Juneteenth – also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day – symbolizes the end of slavery, though it was not abolished until the 13th Amendment. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2024 Today is Juneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day or Jubilee Day—the holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Black people in the United States. The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2024 Milwaukee’s first Juneteenth celebration June 19, 1972 was the first time Juneteenth, or Jubilee Day as it's known in the South, was celebrated in a northern city. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2024 Indeed, some of the first Juneteenth celebrations went by another name, Jubilee Day. Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 June 2024

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1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Jubilee Day was in 1975

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