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NYC Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed, things to do
FOX 5 New York· 3 days agoFOX 5 NY's Christal Young has more on the federal holiday. NEW YORK - June nineteenth is Juneteenth,...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, moves into new house on site of burned childhood home in Texas
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 2 days agoLee was 12 years old. It was 74 years after enslaved Black people in the U.S. found out they were...
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' Opal Lee Gifted New House, Built Where Her Family Home Was Burned Down...
People via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"It's an enormous, enormous honor." Following the official passing of Juneteenth as a national ...
Yes, Juneteenth is a federal holiday
WLTX-TV Columbia· 4 days agoJuneteenth is observed annually on June 19 to commemorate the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were free....
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 8 hours agoPresident Lincoln must’ve known that it would be some time before Union troops could enforce the Proclamation. The slave states hid the proclamation from...
What's open, what's closed on Juneteenth
Rome Sentinel· 4 days agoJuneteenth, the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day, marks the anniversary of when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to.
Opinion | Who is Juneteenth really for?
MSNBC· 3 days agoIt's Juneteenth 2022 and I am uncomfortable on a New York City beach. When President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday ...
When is Juneteenth? Did the holiday start in Texas? Here’s everything you need to know
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 5 days agoCity hall and other federal, state and local government offices will be closed along with Fort Worth...
Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Radio· 6 days agoSlaves in Galveston, Texas were the last to learn they were free when Major General Gordon Granger...
President Joe Biden Proclaims Wednesday, June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Day of Observance – Says, “The...
Sierra Sun Times· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden Proclaims Wednesday, June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Day of Observance – Says, “The Army Arrived In Texas To Enforce What Had Already Been The Law Of The ...
