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Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery. On this day in 1865, federal troops arrived in...
Juneteenth Celebration comes to Diamond Park on Saturday
The Meadville Tribune, Pa. via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoThe Juneteenth Celebration planned for Saturday in Diamond Park comes a few days after the actual Juneteenth holiday, which occurred Wednesday, but perhaps ...
7 Ways to Celebrate Juneteenth with Kids
Food Network· 14 hours agoOften referred to as the "second Independence Day," Juneteenth is rich with history. It's a day that many spend enjoying cultural foods ...
Nashville celebrates Juneteenth at Union fort
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoNashvillians celebrated Juneteenth on Wednesday at Fort Negley, a Civil War encampment built by free Blacks and Black Americans conscripted by the U.S....
Black music celebrated at annual Juneteenth breakfast in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoDay and Juneteenth. Gainesville is known for being one of the leading cities in Florida to have a...
'Free-ish': Missoula Juneteenth event shares how connecting with the past informs the future
KPAX Missoula· 11 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas and delivered the news of the emancipation proclamation ...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue· 1 day agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law,...
Juneteenth ‘family reunion’ event educates Fayetteville residents
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 12 hours ago“It just gives me that historical feeling of resilience to just know that our people didn’t know...
St. Louis celebrates Juneteenth downtown with Mayor Jones, Cori Bush
KTVI via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMany celebrations took place across the city as many people had the day off. Congress passed...
‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival...
The Boston Globe· 3 hours agoWilkerson reflected on the fraught narrative surrounding Juneteenth and its origins. Juneteenth, the...
