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For those who haven't seen the episode, Juneteenth gets its name from the day in 1865, June 19, when Union Gen. Gordon Granger announced in Galveston, Texas, that enslaved Black people were free and the Civil War was over.

This was about six months before Congress ratified the 13th Amendment, two months after Abraham Lincoln's death and two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.

The holiday turns 155 years old on Friday and, as of this milestone, is a ceremonial or state holiday in 47 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The only states remaining as holdouts are Hawaii and the Dakotas.

This month, governors of Virginia and New York even proposed making Juneteenth a paid holiday for state employees while big companies, including Nike, Target and Twitter have recognized it as a paid company holiday.

Thus far, efforts to make Juneteenth a national holiday have come up short.

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