How to Use Emancipation Day in a Sentence

Emancipation Day

noun
  • 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.
    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
  • Juneteenth is also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2024
  • 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

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