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Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 days agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters –...
KION 46 Salinas· 2 days agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth as a state holiday...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 3 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Juneteenth will again be state holiday in Alabama this year
Birmingham News· 2 days agoJuneteenth will again be a state holiday in Alabama this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. ...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 2 days agoThe Culpeper NAACP will hold a Juneteenth celebration at Yowell Meadow Park on June 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organization will celebrate the federal holiday ...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow· 4 days agoJuneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 3 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-everJuneteenth parade as part of its...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. Despite that, Florida — along with...
6 unmissable annual events on Cape Cod and the Islands
National Geographic· 7 days agoContrary to popular belief, life on Cape Cod and the Islands doesn’t come to a complete halt from...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 2 days agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.