psalm tells us. weapon weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning. juneteenth marks, both, the long, hard night of slavery, of subjugation, and a promise to come. this is a day of -- in my view -- profound weight and profound power. a day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll, that slavery took on the country, and continues to take. what i've long called america's original sin. >> also, momentous. vice president kamala harris, the first-black american to hold that office, witnessing and participating in the historic event. >> throughout history, juneteenth has been known by many names. jubilee day. freedom day.