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Juneteenth: What is it; what to know about the holiday that celebrates slavery’s end
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 5 hours agoCommunities across the country will mark the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that they, and...
LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTYLER, Texas (KETK) – Next Wednesday is June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that commemorates Black people being freed from slavery after the Civil...
Festivals, concerts, workshops and more: How the tri-state is celebrating Juneteenth
NBC New York· 1 hour agoDespite that for more than a century, Juneteenth has been sacred to many Black communities, it...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoIt commemorates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865. Texas was ...
Juneteenth holiday celebrated in many places and in many ways
News 12 Augusta· 9 hours agoSince it was designated a federal holiday in 2021, Juneteenth has become more universally recognized...
Largest Black Community Gathering In San Diego County: Cooper Family Foundation Juneteenth Art &...
KPBS San Diego· 3 days agoOn Sept. 22, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolishing slavery in the...
Juneteenth scholarship winners reflect on the holiday, challenges ahead
Newsday· 8 hours ago“So I hold the holiday pretty close to my heart, since it's like a big liberation day.” Alleyne was...
Juneteenth 2024: What is open, closed on the holiday
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 3 hours agoJuneteenth will be celebrated Wednesday. Federal and state government agencies will be closed.
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 1 day agoThe Emancipation Proclamation, which liberated the enslaved in rebelling states, had gone into...
Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 2 days agoThis news came two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...