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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAdvocates sought, again, for leaders to codify the Juneteenth holiday into law, decades after...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? |...
ABC 6 Providence· 3 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Juneteenth isn’t just a Black holiday. It’s for all Americans
NPR· 3 days agoThat is one reason the magnificent Opal Lee, the Fort Worth native known as the grandmother of ...
Mississippi does not recognize Juneteenth as a state holiday
WLBT 3· 1 day agoJACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -Juneteenth has been a federal holiday since 2021. The holiday is observed by...
Juneteenth is here. What's open? What's closed? Why we celebrate the holiday
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhen is Juneteenth 2024? Juneteenth always falls on June 19. For 2024, it happens to be a Wednesday. Is Juneteenth a national
Juneteenth Explained: What Is the Holiday, Why Was It Created and How Should It Be Celebrated?
Skanner· 3 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston ...
Juneteenth 2024: What the Holiday Represents and How to Celebrate
Entertainment Tonight· 3 days agoJuneteenth has come a long way with finally being recognized as an official holiday, and even...
History behind Juneteenth, how and why it became a federal holiday
KOAA5· 2 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States and stems from an event in the immediate aftermath of the American Civil War. On June 19, 1865, 2,000 Union troops ...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Gannett via AOL· 4 days agoThe nation's newest federal holiday - Juneteenth - lands in the middle of the workweek next week. Here's everything you need to know about the ...
Juneteenth: A holiday for our forgetfulness
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoJuneteenth, only solidified as an American federal holiday three years ago, remembers the effective “end” of slavery in our own state, when Maj. Gen....