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Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
United Press International via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
Is the Stock Market Open Today? Here Are the Hours for Juneteenth.
Barrons.com· 4 hours agoInvestors may be enjoying a mid-week pause thanks to Juneteenth. The last few months of 2024 have...
After more than one try, West Virginia became a state of the union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoJun. 20—Today is West Virginia Day, the anniversary of West Virginia becoming the nation's 35th state. To my knowledge, West Virginia is the only state that was created by seceding from an existing ...
Black music celebrated at annual Juneteenth breakfast in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 47 minutes agoFlorida’s Emancipation Day recognizes when Union Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook formally announced...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 day 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...
EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
Edward Robert McClelland: The Illinois debate that made Abraham Lincoln a national figure
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoHere, McClelland takes us to Ottawa, Illinois, for the famed first senatorial debate between Lincoln...
Today in History: Abraham Lincoln accepts Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoOn June 16, 1858, accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham ...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 1 day agoAlthough Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has been a federal...
