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St. Louis celebrates Juneteenth downtown with Mayor Jones, Cori Bush
KTVI via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoMany celebrations took place across the city as many people had the day off. Congress passed...
Juneteenth NJ Festival Makes a Comeback With Community Pride and Cash Cobain
Teen Vogue· 18 hours agoIn 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law,...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
Lexington Clipper-Herald· 22 hours agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest federal holiday in 2021. Here’s what’s open and closed on ...
Juneteenth celebrations continue in Charleston for the official holiday - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 12 hours agoJuneteenth Committee Chair in Charleston Ray Whiting says that for many Americans, June 19th marks a...
Juneteenth events to celebrate around Iowa
Iowa Capital Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, observed annually on June 19, celebrates the day slavery ended in the United States. President Joe Biden signed legislation in 2021& ...
Juneteenth gains in popularity and so does making money from it
Axios· 21 hours agoJuneteenth sales of makeup products to department store specials, they worry that the holiday's...
Celebrations and commemorations held for Juneteenth around Chicago
CBS News· 7 hours agoJuneteenth date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Winona Celebrates Juneteenth
WKBT La Crosse· 7 hours agoWINONA, Minn (WKBT)-- Juneteenth is a day commemorating when slaves in Galveston, Texas were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. It has ...
'Becoming free in our country': Bay Area communities celebrate Juneteenth
ABC7 News· 9 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Raising Juneteenth: A day of remembrance and freedom - The Martha's Vineyard Times
The Martha's Vineyard Times· 15 hours ago“Today, I’m wearing a smile,” Kauffman told the crowd. Kauffman described Juneteenth as “our second...
