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Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGen. Robert E. Lee, the top Confederate commander, surrendered in April 1865, but Confederate...had...
US laws created during slavery are still on the books
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs the story of Juneteenth is told by modern-day historians, enslaved Black people were freed by...
Editorial: Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the arrival of Union Army Major Gen. Gordon Granger in Galveston, Texas,...
Israel bombs Gaza as fears grow of wider war
KPVI· 7 hours agoAfter further cross-border fire between Israel and Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the clashes must...
Explaining the Origins of Juneteenth
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, informing the people that all slaves were free. This occurred two months after...
Clyde man honored more than a century after his death
WTVG 13 Action News· 2 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, the final...
Ravens celebrate Juneteenth, honor freedom on social media
Ravens Wire via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn Texas, the holiday is called Emancipation Day, as Union General Gordon Granger ordered the final...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 6 days agoAmid a bloody Civil War in which the freedom of millions of enslaved people likely hung in the...
Millcreek Common celebrates Juneteenth at third annual celebration
KTVX via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn June 19, 1865, Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger went to Galveston, Texas, with his troops to...
EDITORIAL: Juneteenth has significance as formal holiday
The Times and Democrat· 4 days agoNews of the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation did not reach slaves in Texas for 2-1/2 years when Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger marched into Galveston on June ...