June 19 will be a floating holiday for Milwaukee County employees to honor and celebrate Black life and attend Juneteenth Day celebrations throughout Milwaukee. Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley and County Board Chairwoman Marcelia Nicholson announced today by way of Executive Order #20-15 that Milwaukee County employees will have a floating holiday on June 19 […]
What is Juneteenth? 26th Annual Juneteenth Celebrations in Madison
By Claire Miller. Photos by Claire Miller June 26, 2015 On January 1st of 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation that had previously been passed went into effect. Slaves across the country—particularly in and around Union states—were freed of their chains. But it wasn’t until two years later in June of 1865 that the […]