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From the Archives: 17th Street Market
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 6 days agoIn 1779, the Virginia General Assembly officially declared the site as a “public market.” The First Market House was constructed during the Civil War in...
What is Juneteenth? Here's why we celebrate the federal holiday in South Carolina
The Greenville News· 3 days agoIn June, the United States will celebrate the date aptly described as our country’s second...
Essay winners: Juneteenth lets us remember nation's past while striving for better future
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe festival started in Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers conveyed the news...
Rock Island National Cemetery honoring 108th United States Colored Troops
WHBF Davenport via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Rock Island National Cemetery is hosting a ceremony honoring the soldiers of the 108th United...
Commercial-News Editorial: An independence celebration for all
The Danville Commercial-News· 19 hours agoJuneteenth traces its roots back to the end of the Civil War. For the nation east of the Mississippi River, the war had ended in April 1865 when Confederate Gen. Robert E.
On Hilton Head, $23 million restoration will tell story of country's first freedmen community
The Post and Courier· 1 day agoCelebratory conversations were paused as they took in a series of monuments that have risen in...
Granderson: Praising the Jim Crow era? That's a red flag
Los Angeles Times· 5 days agoJim Crow was not the problem. Jim Crow was meant to be the solution. The problem was Rutherford B....
Black History Collective of Henderson County to put on Juneteenth events
Times-News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAccording to Citizen Times reporting, the Emancipation Proclamation freed all enslaved African...
Author Gerard O'Dwyer | Army Times
Army Times· 1 day agoGerard O'Dwyer is the Scandinavian affairs correspondent for Defense News. A Nordic cluster within NATO remains the goal, but questions remain about the alignment to North America or Europe ...
Delhi to host Civil War reenactment
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDubbed "Clash in the Catskills," reenactors from the 144th New York reenactment Group will portray Union and Confederate soldiers to reenact three battles ...
