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How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoRobert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, which all but ended the Civil War, a U.S. Army officer arrived in Galveston, Texas, with two...
Molly Bloomsday, Yes Festival: a celebration of Joyce’s Ulysses heroine as teeming as the book
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“Yes” is the word of acquiescence, affirmation and ecstasy that Molly Bloom repeatedly uses in the...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Tallahassee Democrat· 1 day agoOn June 19, 1865, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas, with 2,000 Union troops...
Blythewood man dies in I-26 crash with tractor-trailer
WACH FOX 57· 10 hours agoThe Lexington County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of Tuesday's fatal collision on...
Reimagining Bloomsday for Molly, and All Women
New York Times· 4 days agoTo help honor 100 years of James Joyce’s “Ulysses,” an all-women Irish festival refocuses the annual re-enactment of the novel’s wanderings around the...
Celebrating the first ever ‘Molly Bloomsday’ - What is Ireland’s YES Festival?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIreland’s first all-female festival takes place at various locations across the north west for the...
When did Kentucky actually abolish slavery? A lot later than you think.
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 days agoColored Troops. April 9, 1865: Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrenders to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at...
Pa. state Sen. Nikil Saval plans to finally read 'Ulysses' on Bloomsday
WHYY· 4 days agoSince well before he became a state senator three years ago, Saval has been a lover of books....
Man dead following crash in Lexington County
WIS News 10 Columbia· 3 hours agoOne man is dead following a crash in Lexington County.
Voices: If you’re a literature nerd like me, today is the most important day of the year
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCOMMENT: Today marks the 120th anniversary of the day on which James Joyce’s Ulysses is set. Ryan...
