And in 1987, to bring this back home to Wisconsin, State Senator Spencer Cogs and Representative Marsha Coggs proposed the first legislation to recognize Juneteenth in Wisconsin. Unfortunately, it took us another two decades to get it right. In 2009, Wisconsin became the 32nd state to formally recognize Juneteenth. And over a decade later, I signed an executive order to raise the Juneteenth flag here at the Capitol. For the first time in our history, this Juneteenth. (01:51–02:00)
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