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What wasn t even a state-recognized holiday, just one year ago, seems like it will suddenly be celebrated as the newest federal holiday when it rolls around again this Saturday. Juneteenth June 19 was unanimously voted a federal holiday by the Senate yesterday. The measure to pass a Juneteenth National Independence Day passed the house by a large margin today. President Joe Biden will need to sign the bill for it to become law.
And that puts New Jersey, which made Juneteenth a state observance on Sept. 10, and New York, which made Juneteenth a state holiday on Oct. 14, ahead of the curve. And it leaves Randy Glover, producer of Bergen County s Juneteenth Celebration in Overpeck Park Saturday from noon to 6 p.m., feeling good about himself, his colleagues, and the county.
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State task force considers redesigning, moving MLK monument This statue of Martin Luther King Jr. is across the street from the state Capitol in Springfield. Secretary of State Jesse White testified before a statue review committee Wednesday that he would like to see a new statue of King in a more prominent position on Capitol grounds. Jerry Nowicki/Capitol News Illinois
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SPRINGFIELD Members of the state s task force on statues and monuments discussed ways to relocate the statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and improve the statue s image in the context of his legacy in Illinois.