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DESCRIPTION:Media Contact:  Michael Harris, \nNJOF -California - 
 910-539-0243\n\nNational Juneteenth Flag Raising Ceremony\nNoon, Monday, 
 June 2, 2025\nCity Hall - Sacramento \n9th and I Street\nDowntown 
 Sacramento\n\nGlobally, since June 2021, Juneteenth is our newest Title 5 
 US Federal Holiday.  \n\nCome experience our inaugural City of Sacramento 
 Flag Raising Ceremony that seeks to help align our City of Sacramento with 
 celebrations of freedom around the world.\n\nOur official Juneteenth flag 
 was created in 1997 by educator and activist Ben Haith in Boston, Mass by 
 utilizing the colors and symbols representative of burst of freedom 
 achieved on the battlefields to a new horizon that occurred on June 19, 
 1865.\n \nHere in our Capitol City or Sacramento, seat of authority for the 
 State of California, Juneteenth is not an official paid holiday for 
 employees.\n\n2 1/2+ years late, after the June 2021 passage of 
 Congressional legislation signed into law establishing Juneteenth as a 
 Title 5 US Federal Holiday.\n\n“Patience is a virtue, is a soft gentle 
 reminder from my late grandmothers wisdom” that offers a very stark 
 contrast to the bloody fierce battles to enforce President Abraham Lincoln 
 essential War Executive Order known as the Emancipation Proclamation, 
 states Michael Harris, Chair NJOF- California.\n\nOur 160th Anniversary of 
 Juneteenth kicks off at our City Hall of Sacramento seeking alignment with 
 our hard fought journey to establish a Title 5 US Juneteenth Federal 
 Holiday.\n\nNewly elected, City of Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty may soon 
 embrace and schedule an agenda item that adds to the City Holiday Ordinance 
 Juneteenth as a paid holiday for City of Sacramento employees.  \n\nThe 
 City of Sacramento will then send a strong message to the growing business 
 community throughout the Sacramento Region to join Los Angeles, San Diego, 
 Oakland, San Francisco, Rancho Cordova and West Sacramento cities that 
 offer an official paid Juneteenth Holiday to all employees.  \n\nAt some 
 point we will collectively embrace and preserve our authentic Sacramento 
 regional Journey From Slavery to Freedom, acknowledging and showcasing the 
 Slave Auction blocks in Old Sacramento just  a few short blocks from 
 Sacramento City Hall.\n\nEveryone is invited to witness a small piece of 
 history this 175th Anniversary year of the incorporation of the City of 
 Sacramento.\n\nFreedom is never free… each generation must help manifest 
 our collective journey to form a more perfect Union.\n\n###\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/06/01/18876945.php
SUMMARY:Kickoff 2025 California Flag Raising Ceremony - Press Conference
LOCATION:City Hall - Sacramento, California \n9th and I Street 
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/06/01/18876945.php
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