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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 4 hours agoAlso known as Freedom Day, Emancipation Day or America's second Independence Day, Juneteenth...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoMy great-great-great-great grandfather Hewlett Sands, born into slavery in Oyster Bay, New York in...
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJuneteenth is an official holiday first held to mark the close of slavery after the Civil War in Texas, but the George Floyd protests made it mainstream.
Trump claims he actually ‘loves’ Milwaukee and attacks ‘Joe Bride’ in error-strewn Wisconsin...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 53 minutes agoThe president wrote: “Today, we honor the tireless work of abolitionists who made it their mission...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 17 minutes 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...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, which all but ended the Civil ...
Juneteenth goes unobserved by Florida state government
The Raw Story· 3 hours agoThe date reflects the timing of the announcement by Union General Gordon Granger in Galveston,...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB Radio· 5 hours agoIt’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the United States were freed...
Celebrating Juneteenth: Here is a list of events happening around our area
WJAX via Yahoo News· 57 minutes agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThis occurred two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered and the Union Army won the Civil War, and more than two years after then-U.S.
