STATEHOUSE CALENDAR
Calendar
Juneteenth Holiday
National Freedom Day
 
Ohio Representative George Washington Williams
Time
June 19 - June 20

Location
Ohio Statehouse
The Ohio Statehouse
1 Capitol Square
Columbus, OH 43215

Description

The Ohio Statehouse is closed in honor of Juneteenth National Freedom Day on Sunday, June 19, 2022 and Monday, June 20, 2022.  

 

The nineteenth day of June is designated as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day" to acknowledge the freedom, history, and culture that June 19, 1865, the day on which the last slaves in the United States were set free in Texas, has come to symbolize. 

 

It officially became a federal holiday on June 17, 2021.