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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Mark Juneteenth by remembering the Black women who went above and beyond for the Union
Berkshire Eagle· 3 days agoToday is Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865, even though...
Juneteenth Explained: What Is the Holiday, Why Was It Created and How Should It Be Celebrated?
Skanner· 4 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 3 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
Hamish Linklater is the new voice of Batman
Engadget· 21 hours agoA new series is coming to Amazon Prime starting on August 1 called Batman: Caped Crusader and Vanity Fair revealed that actor Hamish Linklater will...
Ellie MacPherson to Present BABE LINCOLN at Edinburgh Fringe This Summer
Broadway World· 2 days agoWriter, performer, and historian (the funny kind) Ellie MacPherson will return to Edinburgh Fringe...
Will the real Donald Trump get the coverage he deserves? - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 1 day agoAt a roundtable discussion at the church, Trump didn’t do himself any favors when he said he did...
Photos: TJ hosts AL softball, baseball for Strike Out Cancer doubleheader
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 23 hours agoDonna Hick and Stephanie Ridder, two women close to the TJ and AL communities who are currently...
After more than one try, West Virginia became a state of the union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJun. 20—Today is West Virginia Day, the anniversary of West Virginia becoming the nation's 35th state. To my knowledge, West Virginia is the only state that was created by seceding from an existing ...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCamp Koerner — named after Gustave Koerner, a politician and close friend of Abraham Lincoln — was...
