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Why do some Columbusites celebrate emancipation two months before Juneteenth?
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGranger’s words were based on the Emancipation Proclamation, which had been put into effect by ...
Almost 9 In 10 House Republicans Voted To Put A Confederate Memorial Back At Arlington National...
HuffPost· 3 days ago“When this monument was placed, the gentleman said it was for reconciliation, but for who? Not for...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via AOL· 3 days agoBut the real history is more complicated than that. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed the...
Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhile President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier,...
Was Glendale a 'central station' on Underground Railroad? Village split on alleged ties
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoGlendale is marked on one of Siebert's maps, and that's probably because of John Van Zandt, a...
Fairbanks celebrates Juneteenth with festival at Bernice Allridge Park
KTVF Fairbanks· 1 day agoDuring this time, slavery was also abolished by President Abraham Lincoln but it wasn’t until 1865,...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWhy do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ...
What's open, closed for Juneteenth?
Journal & Courier via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoWhy do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation ...
Myrtle Beach choice city for Black family reunions. Why families make them a grand affair
The Myrtle Beach Sun News· 1 hour agoWhen the Faulk family held their first family reunion in the 1980s, Thomasine Kashaka said she remembers watching her kids meet and become friends with their cousins. The large family had spread ...
Juneteenth scholarship winners reflect on the holiday, challenges ahead
Newsday· 2 hours agoThe celebration marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to tell enslaved...
