Another group revived it, smaller and indoors. In West Virginia, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said state employees would no longer get Juneteenth as a paid holiday. That includes Ray Whiting, who has helped ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. has "too many non-working holidays," but he hasn't shied away from other holiday proclamations.. In an apparent critique of Juneteenth, Trump said in a June 19 ...

The Morrisey Administration issued a proclamation recognizing the federal holiday, which marks the end of slavery but did not proclaim it a state holiday. “West Virginia has a proud founding as ...