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Juneteenth National Independence Day

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management lists Juneteenth National Independence Day on 19 June in the federal holiday schedule.

Date / rule19 June; Friday 19 June in the 2026 U.S. federal holiday schedule
ScopeUnited States federal holiday
VerificationFederal Government Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-07
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is Juneteenth National Independence Day?

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management lists Juneteenth National Independence Day on 19 June in the federal holiday schedule.

Date and recurrence

19 June; Friday 19 June in the 2026 U.S. federal holiday schedule

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States federal holiday. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

Juneteenth

Classification

Topic and context

Civic, Remembrance & History →
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What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. U.S. OPM — Federal HolidaysFederal Government
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is Juneteenth National Independence Day?

19 June; Friday 19 June in the 2026 U.S. federal holiday schedule The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 19 June; Friday 19 June in the 2026 U.S. federal holiday schedule.

Does Juneteenth National Independence Day fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is Juneteenth National Independence Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States federal holiday. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes Juneteenth National Independence Day?

The stored designation basis is: The U.S. Office of Personnel Management lists Juneteenth National Independence Day on 19 June in the federal holiday schedule.. Supporting provenance includes U.S. OPM — Federal Holidays. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is Juneteenth National Independence Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States federal holiday.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.

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