#Juneteenth month maui

Maui County Mayor Michael Victorino joined the Valley Isle’s African American community and dignitaries nationally in commemorating the end of  slavery in the United States in June 1865. Juneteenth, a combination of the words “June Nineteenth,” is the freedom day designated by many African Americans  and the longest running African American holiday in the United States. The annual holiday is observed in 47 states, but not in three states, including North Dakota, South Dakota and Hawaiʻi.