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Galveston's got SURF! Surfers hit the beach as high winds hit the coast
FOX 26 Houston· 7 days agoGalveston Island is bracing for heavy rain and strong winds and FOX 26's Randy Wallace went down to...
State press association honors Daily News for excellent work
Galveston County Daily News· 17 hours agoGALVESTON
Channel 2 Action News gets a tour of museum at the place where Juneteenth started
WSB-TV 2 Atlanta· 6 days agoWednesday marks exactly 159 years since the last enslaved people in the United States learned they...
Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 6 days agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Galveston motorcyclist dies in Sunday evening wreck
Galveston County Daily News· 1 day agoGALVESTON
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 6 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
17-year-old boy drowns near Pleasure Pier in Galveston, beach patrol says
KHOU 11 Houston· 4 days agoThe Galveston Island Beach Patrol said the teen was pulled from the water about 30 minutes after he...
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USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 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, < ...
17-year-old Louisiana man drowns while swimming at Galveston beach, patrol says
ABC13 Houston· 4 days agoAuthorities said at 2:53 p.m., beach patrol was called to the scene regarding a swimmer in distress...