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Understanding history of Juneteenth; federal holiday since 2021
WITI via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMILWAUKEE - The federal holiday Juneteenth will be celebrated on June 19. The holiday observes the...
Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated?
WJXT Jacksonville· 3 days agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Juneteenth 2024: Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 3 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 ...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAdvocates sought, again, for leaders to codify the Juneteenth holiday into law, decades after...
Senator Markey champions Juneteenth federal holiday and criticizes Supreme Court's conservative...
GBH News· 3 days agoMassachusetts Senator Ed Markey was one of the lead sponsors of the bill that established Juneteenth...
Juneteenth celebrations continue in Charleston for the official holiday - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 2 days agoJuneteenth Committee Chair in Charleston Ray Whiting says that for many Americans, June 19th marks a...
Residents enjoy Juneteenth celebrations
The Elkhart Truth, Ind. via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoELKHART — Janie Boyden, who recently retired as a dance and physical education teacher at Elkhart High School after 38 years, reunited with old students at the Elkhart Juneteenth< ...
Juneteenth isn’t just a Black holiday. It’s for all Americans
NPR· 2 days agoThat is one reason the magnificent Opal Lee, the Fort Worth native known as the grandmother of ...
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 ...
Fourth annual Juneteenth event connects Outer Banks history and present
The Virginian-Pilot· 52 minutes agoThe fourth annual Juneteenth celebration held Wednesday outside the Pea Island Cookhouse House...