15-2-113 - Emancipation Day.
15-2-113. Emancipation Day.
August 8 of each year shall be observed as Emancipation Day, to be proclaimed as such by the governor, to honor and recognize the celebration of the action of Andrew Johnson in freeing Andrew Johnson's personal slaves on August 8, 1863, and the significance of emancipation in the history of Tennessee. This day shall not be a legal holiday as defined in § 15-1-101.
[Acts 2007, ch. 15, § 1.]