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Ford's Theatre Annual Gala Celebrates President Lincoln's Legacy With Performances & More
Broadway World· 6 days agoFord's Theatre Society celebrated the legacy of President Abraham Lincoln at its Annual Gala on Sunday evening, June 9, 2024, at Ford's Theatre. Learn more about the event.
Here's our big list of Juneteenth things to do in North Jersey
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to give enslaved Black people the news that their...
10 Tazewell County projects honored by national organization
Peoria Journal Star· 5 days agoThe National Association of Counties recently selected Tazewell County government initiatives for 10...
Here are 18 events and ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Louisville
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 7 days agoGen. Gordon Granger came to Galveston, Texas, to inform a reluctant community that President Abraham...
A New Report Details 'Blatant' Dispossession of Indigenous Lands
newser· 2 days agoThe 771-page report also calls on Colorado State University to return 19,000 acres of land that was...
Get ready for Juneteenth ICT and federal holiday
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in America. The term is a blend of the words June and 19. In January 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared...
Column: Juneteenth and the unfinished work of racial justice
The Virginian-Pilot· 5 hours agoIn Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger brought freedom from abstraction into...
Naturalization ceremonies in Miami are powerful civic lessons | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAs President Abraham Lincoln once put it, the idea of freedom is “the electric cord” that “links the...
Local Juneteenth events will honor freedom; provide education
The Post and Courier· 6 days agoEducation and freedom will be the message as Juneteenth is celebrated in communities across the...
Downtown Orlando Celebrates and remembers Juneteenth with a festival
WFTV via Yahoo News· 1 day agoSaturday, dozens of people in Orlando celebrated and remembered what June 19th, 1865, symbolized and...
