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Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 4 days agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Hazard community celebrates Juneteenth
WYMT Eastern Kentucky· 4 days agoOrganizers with Southeast Kentucky African-American Museum and Cultural Center, Hazard Community and Technical College and others hosted the event. ”In ...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Tropical downpours won't stop annual Juneteenth celebration at Ashton Villa in Galveston
ABC13 Houston· 4 days agoTropical downpours weren't expected to stop the city of Galveston's annual Juneteenth celebration. ...
The beginner's guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Houston Chronicle· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in ...
Galveston County largely spared from Tropical Storm Alberto
Galveston County Daily News· 4 days agoStorm-surge driven tides Tuesday night caused street flooding in downtown Galveston, parts of the...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? |...
ABC 6 Providence· 5 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
theGrio via AOL· 4 days 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...
Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Ethnic Harmony | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 4 days agoJuneteenth marks the moment when Union troops reached Galveston, Texas, and liberated the last...
17-year-old boy drowns near Pleasure Pier in Galveston, beach patrol says
KHOU 11 Houston· 2 days agoThe Galveston Island Beach Patrol said the teen was pulled from the water about 30 minutes after he...
