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PHOTOS: Juneteenth Parade kicks off festival in Five Points
Denver Post· 17 hours agoThis year’s Juneteenth Parade marched through Denver’s Five Points neighborhood to kick off the...
Revelers reflect on freedom, friendship at Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 19 hours agoPrior to the arrival of the Union troops on that day, the US military presence in Texas was too weak...
Juneteenth Ohio event continues at Genoa Park
WCMH via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoCOLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – An event celebrating freedom returned to Columbus this weekend. Saturday was day one of the Juneteenth Ohio event at Genoa Park,...
Juneteenth festival celebrates African American heritage
KXRM Colorado Springs via Yahoo News· 4 hours ago(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The Southern Colorado Juneteenth Festival has returned to Colorado Springs, and...
EXPLAINER: What is Juneteenth?
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHowever, it took over two years for the news to reach African Americans in Texas, according to Encyclopedia...
Juneteenth Community Festival shares history in Lebanon
The Lebanon Democrat, Tenn. via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoJun. 15—The annual Juneteenth Festival is being held on Market Street in Lebanon today, where the community is celebrating freedom. June 19 was made a federal holiday in 2021 and commemorates ...
Arlington Juneteenth celebrations honor and educate the community on Black history
CBS News· 13 hours agoJuneteenth marks the day when slaves in Texas finally learned of their freedom roughly two years...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Patriot Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 days agoGen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had freed enslaved ...
Multiple events celebrate Juneteenth across the Triangle
WTVD-TV 11 Raleigh-Durham· 16 hours agoHundreds braved the summer heat to recognize Juneteenth. The day marks the end of slavery in the United States as news of the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Government offices, some businesses to close for Juneteenth Wednesday
Santa Fe New Mexican· 12 hours agoJuneteenth has been celebrated for many years in Texas but in recent years has been observed as a...
