Some cities said they didn’t have time to change holiday policies, while at least one county groused about giving employees another day off.
. On Sunday, Millcreek, staged a music and skate night, featuring local artists. And, in Logan, there was a community barbecue.
But a number of Utah cities, and at least one county and one school district, did not officially join in the celebration. Sandy, Eagle Mountain, Orem and Kaysville cities are among those that have not formally adopted the new holiday. The Beaver County Commission voted in April not to recognize the holiday and the Emery School Board did the same earlier this month.To be clear, I am not suggesting there is some sort of malice or animosity toward the holiday in these communities.
In Sandy, for example, spokeswoman Evelyn Everton said the city has a new mayor and three new council members. “It’s something they are looking at but haven’t adopted yet,” she said, although the mayor, Monica Zoltanski, is supportive of the holiday. When I spoke to her on Friday, Zoltanski said she was scheduled to speak at an event in Sandy commemorating the holiday over the weekend.
Juneteenth marks the day soldiers delivered the news to Texas that slavery had been abolished in the republic — although it has been expanded to commemorate the abolition of slavery nationwide.
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