UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., June 12 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Penn State campus and community members will be provided the opportunity to celebrate Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday, with events to be held on Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, in downtown State College. Penn State officially observes Juneteenth as a University holiday.
Juneteenth - an amalgamation of the words "June" and "nineteenth" - is a national holiday commemorating when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, ultimately learned they were free on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Juneteenth Celebration Weekend is chaired by Leslie Lain...