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Today in History: June 21, U.S. Constitution goes into effect | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 6 hours agoToday is Friday, June 21, the 173rd day of 2024. On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 4 days agoDay, that are observed on a specific day of the week, Juneteenth is celebrated on the actual day, June 19. It commemorates ...
Credit Where It’s Due: A Juneteenth Tribute to Soaps’ Groundbreaking Black Characters
Soaps via Yahoo News· 2 days agoBack in 2021, President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law,...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe amendment's passage through Congress and across Lincoln's desk began in January 1865. It was...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe 13th Amendment, ratified in 1865, freed all enslaved people in the country. Organizations and communities across the region will mark the day with celebrations ...
What's open and closed for Juneteenth in Iowa?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat day came over two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s...Administration. The proclamation did not end slavery, though. The 13th Amendment to the ...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt still took time for slavery to officially end when 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified six months later. Tragically, too many old confederates held to their ...
Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Freedom
Reason.com via AOL· 2 days agoOn June 19, 1865, about two and a half months after the Civil War had ended, Maj. Gen. Gordon...longer in bondage. Some slaves in the U.S. would remain...
Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoSlavery would not be formally abolished until that December when the 13th Amendment was ratified. The next year, newly freed people in Texas organized...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAfter all, it came months after the Civil War ended and more than two...President Abraham Lincoln. By the time enslaved people were declared free in...
