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Camas mulls adding Juneteenth to official city holiday calendar

New city councilor questions Columbus Day exclusion

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The front of Camas City Hall is pictured in August 2018. (Post-Record files)

The Camas City Council is poised to add another date to the city’s list of official, paid holidays.

The council will consider passing a resolution this month that would make Juneteenth, the day commemorating the effective end of slavery in the United States, an official city holiday.

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