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Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 hours ago“It commemorates the end of slavery in the United States," Goler said. "The origins of Juneteenth...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 9 hours agoAmid a bloody Civil War in which the freedom of millions of enslaved people likely hung in the...
Here's what Central Jersey's first Black history museum has planned for Juneteenth
Home News Tribune | My Central Jersey via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCentral Jersey's first and only Black history museum is celebrating Juneteenth on the grounds of a...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt officially took place on June 19, 1865, when a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, to...
Amherst Historical Society’s Taste of History returns to Sandstone Village
The Morning Journal· 2 hours agoAll around Sandstone Village, imitation camps representing the Vietnam War, World War II, American...
What's NXT: The art of tattoos, Clue, new plays, The Reagan Years and … Miss Maryland!
Gannett via AOL· 10 hours agoTuesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays, closed Mondays and...
Spain Publishes Extensive List of Artworks Seized During Civil War
Artnet News· 3 days agoAs the Spanish Civil War raged between 1936 and 1939, Republican forces took hold of thousands of...
At London’s Imperial War Museum, Tim Hetherington’s Unorthodox War Photography
The New York Observer· 3 days agoTim Hetherington was not a war photographer, not in the conventional sense at least. To be sure, a...
What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
This Civil War era house has been restored to its former glory in Marion
The Gazette· 1 day agoA Marion couple has transformed a Civil War era home with an $800,000 renovation. The home, built in...