Emancipation Day or Juneteenth. Organic Act Day. West Virginia Day. Admitted to Union, 1863. Second Sunday in June.
Many churches have special sermons and programs.
The observance began when the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, Mass., held a special children's service in 1856. Father's Day . Third Sunday in June. Wash. Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia. Annie's Home Page.