This year marks the fourth consecutive year that Juneteenth is considered a national holiday. June 19 commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States because on that date in 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans across Texas,, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture. https://www.wtsp.com/article/entertainment/events/juneteenth/tampa-st-pete-juneteenth-celebrations-free-events/67-0827c8ce-994a-41b3-8a3e-1ab694e829b1