{"id":6412,"date":"2020-02-15T17:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T22:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=6412"},"modified":"2020-03-10T18:40:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T22:40:49","slug":"florida-senate-adopts-juneteenth-memorial","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/florida-senate-adopts-juneteenth-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Senate Adopts Juneteenth Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-395f268f-7fff-1ab8-35a7-a771a7b17ec4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Sen. Jason Pizzo (D-Miami), wants to raise the profile of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross\/history\/what-is-juneteenth\/\">Juneteenth<\/a> tin Florida and make it a national holiday. The date marks the day the last slaves were freed in Texas and widely celebrated in the South.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-395f268f-7fff-1ab8-35a7-a771a7b17ec4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863, freeing enslaved African-Americans. But those in Texas would find out two years later since slave owners withheld the news. That date became known as Juneteenth. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-395f268f-7fff-1ab8-35a7-a771a7b17ec4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">\u201cThis is something we need to keep at the forefront so I was happy to file it,&#8221; Pizzo said. &#8220;Again, it\u2019s something you learn about when you\u2019re engaged in civics and it\u2019s something we definitely should recognize.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-395f268f-7fff-1ab8-35a7-a771a7b17ec4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">Pizzo says &#8220;less important dates&#8221; are already designated as state and federal holidays and he&#8217;s filed a memorial bill to ask Congress to add Juneteenth to the list.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-395f268f-7fff-1ab8-35a7-a771a7b17ec4\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">This year marks the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth. At present, 45 states and the District of Columbia celebrate the day as a holiday or observance. Texas was the first state to make it a state holiday. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\">&#160;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"><span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial;background-color: transparent;vertical-align: baseline\">The memorial was approved by the Florida Senate on Feb. 12, which coincided with President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s birthday. 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