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IUN marks Juneteenth with reading of Emancipation Proclamation
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoAs the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War read the Emancipation Proclamation Monday, Indiana...
Mapped: Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth
Axios· 3 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½½ years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation ...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 3 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
ByGone Muncie: The memorable Emancipation Day celebration of 1898
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIn the late 19th century, some Black communities in the North memorialized Emancipation on January...
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoEliza Anderson, Deseret News On Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln< ...
Black music celebrated at annual Juneteenth breakfast in Gainesville
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFlorida’s Emancipation Day recognizes when Union Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook formally announced...
ACPL’s Rolland Center for Lincoln Research holds Juneteenth celebrations
21Alive Fort Wayne· 2 days agoOn Wednesday, the Allen County Public Library’s (ACPL) Rolland Center for Lincoln Research held activities at the Main Library and Grabill branch celebrating Juneteenth. The ...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoProclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops in Galveston Bay, Texas, in 1865. Texas was the western-most Confederate state. Although President Abraham ...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 3 days agoIt is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation...