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    • How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day

      How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day

      HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 5 days ago

      Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, which all but ended the Civil War, a U.S. Army officer arrived in Galveston, Texas, with two...

    • Yes, Juneteenth is a federal holiday

      Yes, Juneteenth is a federal holiday

      WLTX-TV Columbia· 7 days ago

      Juneteenth 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....