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Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoThe order was not followed by former slave owners, and in some cases freed people were forced back into work. June 19, 1866, was the first celebration of...
Will mail run today? Is post office open on Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)?
Birmingham News· 13 hours agoJuneteenth – a celebration of one of the final acts of emancipation for slaves in the U.S. – is the...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national...
While Florida was part of the Confederacy, Key West was not and freed its slaves early
CBS News· 2 hours agoDuring the Civil War, Florida was part of the Confederate States of America. "Despite the fact that...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago"What, to the American slave, is your fourth of July," Douglass said. "I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the...
5 things white people need to hear on Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 9 hours agoLook, I’m not going to bring up the three-fifths clause or the fugitive slave clause. I’m talking about the other parts. But, if we were going to build a...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB Radio· 13 hours agoNational Independence Day. It’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 15 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 7 hours agoThe campaigns of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump shared messages commemorating...
