Holidays 2024 Juneteenth. Juneteenth is a paid holiday for state employees in texas, new york, virginia and washington, and hundreds of companies give workers a day off for juneteenth. Opal lee, the ‘grandmother of juneteenth,’.

Juneteenth me, ma, mi, mn, mo: The holiday — also known as freedom day, jubilee day, emancipation day or the second independence day — spread across the country as african americans migrated away from.