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Community and history recognized at Juneteenth celebration in Grant Park: 'It does my heart good'
Tribune via AOL· 4 days agoJun. 19—When she was president of the African American club on Fairchild Air Force Base in the late 1990s, organizing the first of the area's Juneteenth celebrations, Peggie Troutt had a clear ...
'What it’s about': Cumberland Juneteenth revelers endure heat to remember, celebrate
Cumberland Times-News· 12 hours agoDestiny York is 29 years old, but understands the significance of what happened in June 130 years...
Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 5 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 4 days agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
What's open and what's closed in NYC on Juneteenth?
CBS News· 5 days agoWhat is the meaning of Juneteenth? Juneteenth is observed to mark the day that the last enslaved people in the United States received notice of the...
Sacramento’s Juneteenth events feature The 1619 Project creator at Oak Park’s Guild Theater
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the date when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to...
Juneteenth events 2024: What’s happening on the day of the celebration
WSB Radio· 4 days agoIt’s an American holiday celebrating the date when the last slaves in the United States were freed...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
Denver Post· 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 President Abraham
The beginners guide to celebrating Juneteenth
San Jose Mercury News· 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...
The beginner’s guide to celebrating Juneteenth
New York Daily News· 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...