Local leaders, officials push for Juneteenth to become state holiday in Hawaii

In an effort to further recognize Juneteenth and its significance, the Honolulu City Council recently adopted a resolution that urges city and state leaders to make it an official state holiday. The resolution is another initiative by community leaders to honor and educate more people about June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers told enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation went into effect. While there is community support