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Commissioners Make Juneteenth Official County Holiday

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published June 19, 2020 at 6:26 PM EDT
National Juneteenth Observance Foundation

Franklin County Commissioners today announced they will declare Juneteenth a paid holiday for county workers. The paid holiday begins next year. 

Commissioners say the move will replace the recognition of the Columbus Day holiday. June 19th celebrates the official abolition of slavery by President Abraham Lincoln.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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