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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 1 day agoMany Americans have celebrated it annually for more than a century, even though the holiday was not...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
Today· 1 day agoOn that date in 1865, Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to inform 250,000...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 day agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years ago making Juneteenth a national ...
‘People have worked so hard.’ Woman who helped make Juneteenth a national holiday visits New Jersey
Winston-Salem Journal· 1 day agoDr. Opal Lee, 97, was instrumental in getting Juneteenth declared a national holiday in 2021.
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 1 day agoWhen he was senator for Illinois, Barack Obama co-sponsored legislation to make Juneteenth a national holiday, but the law was never ...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn June 2021, an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives, with a vote tally of 415 to...
Juneteenth 2024 in Long Branch mixes bouncy houses with serious reflection
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoJuneteenth as a holiday in 2004. In 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation which designated the...