Ethnic Celebrations in the United States in two months every year
MAY
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated in May in the U.S.
Ranking of qty of AAPI people:
1-Los Angeles, CA
2-Santa Clara, CA
3-Orange, CA
4-Queens, NY
5-Alameda, CA
6-King, WA
7-San Diego, CA
8-Cook, IL
9-Honolulu, HI
10-Harris, TX
It started with a resolution by the congress in October 1978, later a proclamation declaring the first asian American week in 1979. Years later it was extended to a month by President George W. Bush.
President Obama added Pacific Islanders to the celebration.
JUNE
Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in the U.S. and commemorates African-American freedom, is observed on June 19.
The President Abraham Lincoln issued the Proclamation of emancipation in January 1863.
On June 19, 1865 General Gordon Granger of Texas declared that all slaves were free. It turned a traditional celebration in that state that later it was declared as a national holiday.
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