Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States and has a history going back to the 1860s.

It may be that trying to undo a national holiday, particularly one as publicly embraced as Juneteenth, would be a harder sell than eliminating an office tucked inside a federal agency.

Thousands of Seattleites celebrated Juneteenth and lifted up community at events and festivals Thursday, even as national leaders attack diversity initiatives and Black history.