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Juneteenth celebrations in Bainbridge have organizers calling for city sponsorship
WTXL Tallahassee· 1 day agoJuneteenth celebrations in Bainbridge bring neighbor from all walks of life together. Neighbors used...
Juneteenth celebration in Sibley Park shares significance of the holiday
KFYR-TV Bismarck· 14 hours agoSlavery in the United States ended with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, but not every slave...
15 shot after a 'sideshow' took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, police say
San Francisco Chronicle· 10 hours agoFifteen people were shot after an illegal "sideshow” took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in...
Observing Juneteenth with the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
WLRN Miami· 2 days agoFor Juneteenth on Morning Edition, professor Nathan Connolly reflects on the promise of the Emancipation Proclamation, and NPR staff voice the document in its entirety.
Middletown Art Center recognizes Juneteenth with annual celebration
The Lake County Record-Bee· 19 hours agoThe army announced that the more than 250,000 enslaved Texans were free two-and-a-half years after...
How Juneteenth was commemorated across the QCA
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth recognizes the true emancipation of all remaining enslaved people on June 19, 1865, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation...
'Free-ish': Missoula Juneteenth event shares how connecting with the past informs the future
KPAX Missoula· 18 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas and delivered the news of the emancipation < ...
‘We are the stories that we tell ourselves’: Embrace Boston hosts Pulitzer Prize winner for festival...
The Boston Globe· 9 hours agoJuneteenth, the newest federal holiday celebrated on June 19, marks the day Union soldiers arrived...
Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press· 1 day agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 — a day more than two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the ...
LET FREEDOM RING: Locals reflect on meaning of Juneteenth as celebrations for the holiday continue
Twin States News· 1 day agoJune 19, 1865 is the day when over 250-thousand African Americans, still enslaved after the ...
