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South Dakota Is the Last State That Doesn’t Have a Law Officially Recognizing Juneteenth as a Holiday

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Happy Juneteenth, y’all. While 49 states and–as of Thursday–the federal government now recognize today as an annual holiday or day of observance in an official capacity, there’s still one holdout in that regard: South Dakota.

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