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What is Juneteenth?
Branson Tri-Lakes News· 1 day agoThe Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, which was signed into law in 2021, made Juneteenth a federal holiday. Juneteenth, short for June nineteenth, celebrates the day in 1865 when Union ...
Juneteenth celebrations in the Sacramento region this weekend
CBS News· 7 hours agoHere's a look at some of the Juneteenth celebrations happening in the greater Sacramento area this...
Freedom celebrated at Roanoke Juneteenth event
Roanoke Times· 2 hours agoJuneteenth recognizes the date in June 159 years ago that Union troops notified the westernmost Confederate state of Texas that the Civil War had ended and the United States had abolished slavery ...
2024 Juneteenth celebrations in the Charlotte area
WSOC via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJuneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery -- June 19 was the day that the last slaves in the U.S. were made aware of their...
Largest Black Community Gathering In San Diego County: Cooper Family Foundation Juneteenth Art &...
KPBS San Diego· 2 days agoOn Sept. 22, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolishing slavery in the...
Juneteenth brings crowd to Broadway Square
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky. via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoIMG_5774.jpg Bernice Henry, co-founder of the C.B Nuckolls Community Center and Black History Museum asks the crowd to raise their hand if they’ve heard of Juneteenth. President Abraham Lincoln ...
Freeing the last slaves: Juneteenth celebrations on Cape Cod include music, food, history
Gannett via AOL· 14 hours agoThe Bourne Historical Society planned the celebration in partnership with the Bourne-Wareham Race...
Sacramento area hosts Juneteenth events in 2024
ABC 10 Sacramento· 2 days agoJuneteenth falls on a Wednesday this year, and it commemorates the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation as ordered on June 19, 1865, in...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
Here are 8 ways to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday in Springfield
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoJuneteenth is Wednesday, June 19. The national holiday honors the day all enslaved people learned of...
