1.1      A resolution&#10;1.2      memorializing the President of the United States to proclaim Juneteenth a national &#10;1.3      holiday.&#10;1.4      WHEREAS, Twin Cities Juneteenth, Inc., is a local organization established in 1985 to &#10;1.5      commemorate African American freedom from the bondage of slavery following the end of the &#10;1.6      Civil War; and  &#10;1.7      WHEREAS, Juneteenth celebrates Gordon Granger's announcement of freedom for all &#10;1.8      slaves in Galveston, Texas, the last outpost of slavery in the United States; and  &#10;1.9      WHEREAS, the Juneteenth festival is held locally in the most beautiful park in the Twin &#10;1.10     Cities region, Theodore Wirth Park on the border of Minneapolis and Golden Valley, on the &#10;1.11     Saturday closest to June seventeenth; and  &#10;1.12     WHEREAS, Twin Cities Juneteenth, Inc., and many other leaders and organizations have &#10;1.13     joined in a nationwide campaign to establish Juneteenth as a national holiday in America; NOW, &#10;1.14     THEREFORE,  &#10;1.15     BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the President &#10;1.16     of the United States to proclaim Juneteenth a national holiday in the United States of America.  &#10;1.17     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the  State of Minnesota is &#10;1.18     directed to prepare copies of this  memorial and transmit them to the President of  the United States, &#10;1.19     the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United &#10;1.20     States House of Representatives, and Minnesota's Senators and  Representatives in Congress.&#10;