VIDEO: Lujan Statement Recognizing Juneteenth
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release:
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement ahead of Juneteenth, which is recognized as a federal holiday after Congressional action in 2021:
"On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas bearing news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embr . . .
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) issued the following statement ahead of Juneteenth, which is recognized as a federal holiday after Congressional action in 2021:
"On June 19, 1865, nearly two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas bearing news of freedom. More than 250,000 African Americans embr . . .