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Mapped: Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth
Axios· 3 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½½ years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation ...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 4 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 4 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEliza Anderson, Deseret News On Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln< ...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoProclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865. Texas was the western-most Confederate state. Although President Abraham ...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 3 days agoIt is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation...
Juneteenth: Historian sheds light on emancipation in Florida
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"You can begin when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, and it went into effect on...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth - And Response (2)
The Chattanoogan· 3 days agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation< ...
Gov. Holcomb issues proclamation in celebration of Juneteenth
ABC57 South Bend· 3 days agoIndiana Governor Eric Holcomb announced on Wednesday that he has signed a proclamation officially declaring June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth in Indiana. The holiday celebrates ...