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The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 53 minutes agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years that makes Juneteenth a national...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WKYC Cleveland· 10 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 18 hours agoWednesday, June 19th is a federal holiday, meaning government offices will be closed and mail will...
9 Things People Don’t Know About Juneteenth
MediaFeed via AOL· 10 hours agoSome theories say an original messenger was murdered. Slave owners had also suppressed the news of the emancipation. According to Lone Star Pasts: ...
Commemorating Juneteenth around Greater New Orleans and virtually
WGNO via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoDay Celebration Fuhrmann Auditorium — 317 North Jefferson Ave., Covington Wednesday, June 19 Virtual...
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe purpose of the Emancipation Proclamation was...and a half years after others were freed indicated the defiant control of some Confederate states. It...
Celebrating Juneteenth
The Weatherford Democrat· 11 hours agoIn 2021, President Joseph Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which established an official holiday to commemorate the end of...
15 Least Popular US Presidents According to Millennials: Ranked
247wallst.com· 16 hours agoAbout one in five voters in the United States is millennial, and these 15 presidents have the lowest...
John W. Jones statue unveiling June 22: Why Elmira is celebrating its 'American hero'
The Star Gazette via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoIt's an honor that's long overdue, said museum President Talima Aaron. "This has been my dream, and...
Juneteenth: A holiday for our forgetfulness
Dallas Morning News· 31 minutes agoJuneteenth, only solidified as an American federal holiday three years ago, remembers the effective “end” of slavery in our own state, when Maj. Gen....
