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Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoSinger said that during this time, an estimated 250,000 people were kept enslaved in Texas despite ...
What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 5 hours agoThe Emancipation Proclamation, which liberated the enslaved in rebelling states, had gone into...
Juneteenth: Where to celebrate in the Historic Triangle
Daily Press· 1 day agoThe holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWhile President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier,...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
Decatur celebrates Juneteenth with parade, activities — and cowboys
Herald & Review· 14 hours ago“We wanted to make it different,” said Hood, CEO of the Decatur-based African American Cultural and...
Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 1 day agoThis news came two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTYLER, Texas (KETK) – Next Wednesday is June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that commemorates Black people being freed from slavery after the Civil...