A lot of banks are closed today. What would be reasons if any that it was made a federal holiday?
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They mention that communication was so slow it took until June for the people in Galveston to hear that slavery was over (simplified take, but still). They never mention that the Republican party was the one that made it happen, along with untold multiple thousands of dead white men in a Civil War. Or that the first slaveholder was a black man named Anthony Johnson (they'll argue technicalities), or that the first 23 black Congressmen were all Republicans, or that the KKK is the creation of the Democrats.
Also not mentioned is that a "Juneteenth" couldn't happen again today because the White Devil has made communication nearly instantaneous.
Anyway, the answer is pandering. That's why it's now a national holiday. Pandering.