Pastor seeks to establish Juneteenth as second official Independence Day in America
buzzz worthy. . . Rev. Ronald V. Myers is spearheading the effort to make Juneteenth an official national holiday (Washington, DC) - Leaders of the Campaign to Establish Juneteenth as a National Day of Observance will return to the nation's capitol for the WASHINGTON JUNETEENTH National Holiday Observance , during the 150 year annivesary of Juneteenth in America. Scheduled for June 18-20, 2015, the Juneteenth Flag will certainly be flying at the nation's capitol on the "19th of June" . "We are hopeful that President Obama and the U.S. Congress will finally enact legislation to establish the '19th of June' on all calendars as America's 2nd Independence Day," states Rev. Ronald V. Myers, Sr., M.D., Founder and Chairman of the National Juneteenth Observance Foundation (NJOF) . "We are not asking for a paid federal holiday, but a national day of observance, like Flag Day and Patriot Day ." Juneteenth , ...