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Juneteenth 2024: What to do, where to celebrate in NYC
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoNew York City offers an expansive lineup of Juneteenth events to commemorate June 19, 1865 — the day U.S. Army soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people ...
2024 Juneteenth celebrations in the Charlotte area
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 11 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...
3 Central Virginia communities offer 3 different ways to celebrate Juneteenth
The Daily Progress· 3 hours agoJuneteenth will be observed next Wednesday, but events in Charlottesville, Orange County and Nelson...
Pensacola Blue Wahoos partner with Escambia County for special Juneteenth celebration
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAn idea was pitched to the Blue Wahoos earlier this year by Escambia County commissioner Lumon May...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's celebrations happening in Nashville and what is open and closed
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 24 hours agoJuneteenth, the day which recognizes the end of slavery in the United States, is celebrated on Wednesday, June 19. Nashville, a major city during the Civil Rights Movement ...
Juneteenth Celebration happening this weekend in Pittsburgh
WTAE Pittsburgh· 22 hours agoFriday marks the start of an annual three-day Juneteenth celebration in the city of Pittsburgh. This...
Juneteenth celebrations in Williamson County
KTBC via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoResidents across Central Texas will be celebrating Juneteenth this weekend. The day commemorates the almost 160th anniversary of the end of slavery in the United States.
'Grandmother of Juneteenth' kicks off Middlesex County celebration of Black freedom
MyCentralJersey.com· 5 hours agoDr. Opal Lee, 2024 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient and the "Grandmother of Juneteenth,"...
65 Juneteenth Recipes for Traditional Celebrations
Parade via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoJuneteenth, June 19, is a time of celebration, remembrance and community. It commemorates the final emancipation of enslaved Black people in Texas and is...
Juneteenth Jubilee Freedom Weekend
WXYZ-TV Detroit· 3 hours agoJuneteenth dates back to June 19, 1865, when Union Major General Gordon Granger landed at Galveston, Texas, with the news that the Civil War ended and the enslaved were now free.
