History unfolded Thursday as President Joe Biden signed a new law creating an annual holiday to commemorate the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the United States.
June 19, known as Juneteenth, is now a federal holiday; CBS2's Dick Brennan reports.
On June 17, President Joe Biden signed a bill making the official end to slavery a new federal holiday in the United States
Saturday is Juneteenth, the newly establish Federal holiday to commemorate the freeing of slaves in 1866, and events are planned..
