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Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoWhile President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier,...
Juneteenth: Where to celebrate in the Historic Triangle
Daily Press· 12 hours agoTriangle starting today and into next week. The holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day that...
Juneteenth 2024: Nine ways to celebrate around Chicagoland
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 1 day agoCHICAGO — A military honors ceremony and the raising of the Juneteenth flag on Friday kicked off a...
Atlanta History Center highlighting Hank Aaron with Juneteenth exhibit
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoJuneteenth is celebrated on June 19, which was the date in 1865 when Union troops arrived in...
Billy Porter Sparkles in Rainbow Sequined Dress for Juneteenth White House Concert With President...
WWD via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlso known as Jubilee Day, Juneteenth marks the ending of slavery in the U.S. Celebrations date back...
Canton to host Juneteenth celebration on June 15th
WXYZ-TV Detroit· 15 hours agoAnnual Canton Juneteenth celebration to include live entertainment, hustle lessons, a DJ, and the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
Before Juneteenth, Virginia celebrations took place at different times
Daily Press· 12 hours agoEmancipation Day, the forerunner of Juneteenth celebrations, was observed in Virginia on various...
Freedom celebrated at Roanoke Juneteenth event
Roanoke Times· 4 hours agoJuneteenth recognizes the date in June 159 years ago that Union troops notified the westernmost Confederate state of Texas that the ... had abolished...
Building a bigger table for Juneteenth
Daily Press· 1 day agoJuneteenth kicks off this weekend with the Juneteenth Freedom Fest, held at Freedom Park and presented by the York-James City-Williamsburg chapter of the...
Thousands march in Denver's Juneteenth Parade to kick off weekend celebrations
Denver7· 4 hours agoJuneteenth marks the day enslaved people in Texas learned they were free -- two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. The festivities kicked ...