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Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGina Maiola, communications director for Ivey, said Monday the memo did not list all the state holidays but that the governor added a couple of days, Juneteenth and the < ...
Juneteenth festival organizers looking for groups to participate
Niagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMay 22—Organizers for Niagara Falls' Juneteenth festival are looking for any Niagara County groups and organizations that would like to participate in the June 16 event. " ...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
Seattle Times· 3 days agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — as a state holiday, while legislative ...
Juneteenth will again be state holiday in Alabama this year
Birmingham News· 3 days agoJuneteenth will again be a state holiday in Alabama this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. ...
Ahead of Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoIn recognition of that day’s news, President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021....
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 3 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSummer may seem far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, Juneteenth. This holiday...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 3 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-everJuneteenth parade as part of its...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 2 days agoThe Culpeper NAACP will hold a Juneteenth celebration at Yowell Meadow Park on June 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organization will celebrate the federal holiday, marking ...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoThe day is also called "Mayteenth." Juneteenth commemorates the day in Galveston, Texas in 1866 when...