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Senate reads bipartisan Juneteenth citation, schedules press conference

Utah State Senate (special session) · June 18, 2020
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Senators introduced and unanimously read a citation recognizing Juneteenth and marking Utah’s 2016 establishment of Juneteenth Freedom Day; a press conference was scheduled in the Hall of Governors to discuss the citation and related proposals.

Senators introduced a bipartisan citation recognizing Juneteenth and reaffirming the Legislature’s commemoration of that date. Senator Andrade asked the clerk to read the citation, which recited the historical background of the Emancipation Proclamation and Major General Gordon Granger’s June…

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