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New Location Positions Company to Become State's First Commercial Electric Vehicle ManufacturerCORONA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 17, 2022 / Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. (OTCQX:EVTV), a provider of new zero-emission
New Location Positions Company to Become State's First Commercial Electric Vehicle Manufacturer CORONA, CA / ACCESSWIRE / February 17, 2022 / Envirotech Vehicles, Inc. , a... | February 17, 2022
Senate Approves Bill to Make Juneteenth a Federal Holiday Published: 16 June 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make Juneteenth, or June 19th, a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The bill would lead to Juneteenth becoming the 12th federal holiday. It is expected to easily pass the House, which would send it to President Joe Biden for his signature. Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free. Confederate soldiers surrendered in April 1865, but word didn’t reach the last ens...
Both the Oregon House and Senate approved June 19’s designation as a commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. On that date in 1865, enslaved people in Galveston, Tex. received word that they were free -- notably, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed.