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The Juneteenth federal holiday should be celebrated in Florida, not shunned
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth celebrates freedom. It marks the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when Union troops informed...
How Juneteenth was commemorated across the QCA
OurQuadCities· 4 days agoJuneteenth recognizes the true emancipation of all remaining enslaved people on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, closed today? Banks, mail, post office, more
The Post-Standard· 4 days agoThe term “Juneteenth” is a blend of the words June and nineteenth; the holiday has also been called...
Are banks, post offices open on Juneteenth? Here's what's open, closed in Texas
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThis event occurred two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth was officially declared a federal ...
Florida is behind the country in recognizing Juneteenth as a federal holiday
WINK TV Southwest Florida· 4 days agoGeneral Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War and the...
Grandmother of Juneteenth Opal Lee holds annual Walk for Freedom in Dallas
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 4 days agoThe walk commemorates the federal holiday that Lee helped make happen. The mileage represents the...
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Black history is American history. Juneteenth memorializes African American triumphs
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCraig previously served two terms in the Ohio House and seven years on Columbus City Council. On...
Middletown Art Center recognizes Juneteenth with annual celebration
The Lake County Record-Bee· 3 days agoThe army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Texans were free two-and-a-half years after ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoJune 19, 1865, shortened to “Juneteenth,” was the day that enslaved African Americans in Texas were told that slavery had ended, two years after the Emancipation& ...
