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Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America | Opinion
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 2 days 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
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 2 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...
Making America great again?
Santa Maria Sun· 1 hour agoDonald Trump once again raised the removal of Confederate statues and memorials while touting his support for Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie. The president wants the ...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Wichita Eagle via AOL· 6 hours agoThe very notion of Juneteenth, he said, “is kind of a new thing for the country in a lot of ways.”...
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, became effective. The purpose...
Will the real Donald Trump get the coverage he deserves? - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 7 hours agoAt a roundtable discussion at the church, Trump didn’t do himself any favors when he said he did...
Opinion: The presidential debate our democracy deserves | CNN
CNN.com· 4 hours agoEditor’s Note: Terry Szuplat, who served as a White House speechwriter for President Barack Obama,...
Donald Trump campaign's Juneteenth message compared to Joe Biden's
Newsweek· 2 days agoAlthough Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas since 1980, it has been a federal...
After more than one try, West Virginia became a state of the union
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 1 day 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 ...
