How to Use Emancipation Day in a Sentence

Emancipation Day

noun
  • The holiday is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • The holiday is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 13 June 2024
  • Head here in July, when Bermuda’s biggest beach party takes place in honor of Emancipation Day.
    — Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The holiday is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • Also known as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth has been celebrated in Texas for decades.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 June 2024
  • Later in the year comes the Emancipation Day celebration — no Thanksgiving here — and December’s hog butchering.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • Juneteenth — a combination of the words June and nineteenth — has been celebrated for decades by Black communities as Emancipation Day.
    — Aaron Hutcherson, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
  • The display showcases Florida traditions from Epiphany to Emancipation Day.
    — Gabrielle Calise, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Also called Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, the holiday rose to national prominence in 2020 amid nationwide protests against ongoing racial inequities, sparked in part by the police killings of George Floyd, a Black man, and Breonna Taylor, a Black woman.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 1 June 2026

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