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McAllen resident shares importance of Juneteenth in the Valley
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 5 days agoOn June 19, 1865, union troops marched to Galveston Bay in Texas to announce all slaves had been...
Letters to the Editor: Readers discuss lack of Grand Island Cemetery upkeep, Willie Mays
Grand Island Independent· 23 hours agoThis year with new graves being covered with new sod, the rest of these areas look so bleak and...
Historian highlights Juneteenth’s ties to Colorado history that are often overlooked
Summit Daily News· 3 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, a promise to free all enslaved African...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
WAAY-TV Huntsville· 3 days agoGordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming that enslaved African Americans were free. This was more than two years after ...
Before Juneteenth
The Atlantic· 5 days agoIt took place in New Orleans in the summer of 1864 to celebrate the day of liberation for the enslaved people living in the 13 Louisiana parishes...
Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 3 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to...
Oscar-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott educates KU basketball team about Juneteenth
Wichita Eagle via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe very notion of Juneteenth, he said, “is kind of a new thing for the country in a lot of ways.”...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCamp Koerner — named after Gustave Koerner, a politician and close friend of Abraham Lincoln — was...
Observing Juneteenth with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
NPR· 3 days agoThe troops told some of the last enslaved Americans that they were free. They were enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation, in which President Abraham Lincoln< ...
Museums, libraries and more: What's open and closed on Juneteenth in Chicago?
NBC Chicago· 3 days agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed —...