Off for Juneteenth? Here's an out-of-office message you can use to explain its significance.

• Business Insider is taking Juneteenth off on Wednesday, June 19.
• I wrote an out-of-office message to educate people and let them know I won't be checking email.
• Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the US on June 19, 1865.

Business Insider is taking Juneteenth off. To prepare, I crafted an out-of-office message to let my contacts know I won't be checking email on Wednesday and educate them on the historic event.

Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the US when the Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas (then the most remote Confederate state) on June 19, 1865.

I took my usual OOO template and added a link that explains what Juneteenth is. Here's what I wrote:

Hi,