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Meet Opal Lee, the 'grandmother of the movement' to make Juneteenth a federal holiday
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWhen President Joe Biden signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday commemorating the end of...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years that makes Juneteenth a national...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 1 hour agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 21 minutes agoNational Independence Day. It’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the...
The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Gannett via AOL· 55 minutes agoJuneteenth celebrates freedom. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed...
EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 7 hours agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after ...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoWhy do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ...
Why Juneteenth didn’t actually end slavery in Texas
Washington Post· 9 minutes agoIn 1903, a Black man walked into an office in a small town in Texas, seeking any news about whether slavery had ended. The earnest inquiry from the man,...
Juneteenth is a celebration for all - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 6 hours agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves. It took effect January 1, 1863, however, word spread slowly through ...
