PRINTER'S NO. 888
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 132
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY STREET, SAVAL, SCHWANK, TARTAGLIONE, SANTARSIERO,
HUGHES, BREWSTER, KEARNEY, CAPPELLETTI, FONTANA, HAYWOOD,
DILLON, BROWN, COMITTA, ARGALL, CULVER, KANE AND COSTA,
JUNE 14, 2023
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, JUNE 14, 2023
A RESOLUTION
1 Observing June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Originating in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865,
4 when slaves in that state learned that they had been freed,
5 "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" is the oldest African-American
6 holiday observance in the United States; and
7 WHEREAS, "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" commemorates the
8 survival instinct of Africans who endured a transatlantic
9 journey, known as the Middle Passage, on slave ships from their
10 homeland to this country; and
11 WHEREAS, Approximately 11.5 million Africans survived the
12 harsh voyage to slave markets in the New World during the late
13 17th century, and the slave population in the American colonies
14 grew quickly; and
15 WHEREAS, "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" further
16 commemorates the impact of slavery, the abolitionist movement
17 and African-American emancipation in the United States and has
1 become a traditional celebration of independence, human rights
2 and African-American culture in many communities; therefore be
3 it
4 RESOLVED, That the Senate observe June 19, 2023, as
5 "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" in Pennsylvania.
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