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Hooters closes several underperforming locations
WJZY via Yahoo Finance· 5 hours ago“Like many restaurants under pressure from current market conditions, Hooters has made the difficult decision to close a select number of underperforming...
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 5 days agoWednesday marks exactly 159 years since the last enslaved people in the United States learned they...
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USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 5 days agoToday marks the third year Juneteenth is a federal holiday. Known as “Second Independence Day,” Juneteenth marks the day — June 19, 1865 — enslaved people in Galveston, < ...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Democrat sees opportunity in GOP's sheriff trouble in Galveston County
Galveston County Daily News· 3 hours agoMark Salinas, the Democratic Party's nominee for sheriff in the November general election, sees...
17-year-old boy drowns near Pleasure Pier in Galveston, beach patrol says
KHOU 11 Houston· 3 days agoThe Galveston Island Beach Patrol said the teen was pulled from the water about 30 minutes after he...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 5 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
Tropical winds bring surfers to Galveston Island
KRIV via Yahoo News· 6 days agoGALVESTON, Texas - "Came for a good time. Came to swim, came to boogie board. Just have fun," said Shawn Hines. "I live in north Texas, decided to come ...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? |...
ABC 6 Providence· 6 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· 5 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...