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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 4 days 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...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated?
WJXT Jacksonville· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
South Bend residents come together to 'ring with harmonies of Liberty' at Juneteenth event
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoThe celebration was for Juneteenth, a federal holiday that marks June 19, 1865, the day enslaved...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Tallahassee Democrat· 5 days agoJuneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Emancipation Day or the Second Independence Day,...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAdvocates sought, again, for leaders to codify the Juneteenth holiday into law, decades after...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
Fox local via AOL· 6 days agoFollowing the House's decision, President Biden enacted the legislation the subsequent day. When did...
Juneteenth holiday: An important moment to contemplate our nation’s past and present
Kentucky Lantern via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhat in the world could they have been thinking? That’s one of the questions (or, at least, one...
Juneteenth is now just another holiday – you can tell by the merch
Maryland Matters via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth has been unable to escape the inevitable – commercialization. An online search for ...
Yes, Juneteenth is a federal holiday
WLTX-TV Columbia· 6 days agoAlthough the holiday, which is also known as “Freedom Day” or “Emancipation Day,” has long been celebrated in the Black American community, the...