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Downtown Orlando Celebrates and remembers Juneteenth with a festival
WFTV via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSaturday, dozens of people in Orlando celebrated and remembered what June 19th, 1865, symbolized and...
Reflections on Flag Day | News, Sports, Jobs - Times Republican
Marshalltown Times-Republican· 6 days agoThe red, white and blue banner is woven into the social fabric of our communities, uniting citizens under common cloth and...
Downtown Orlando Celebrates and remembers Juneteenth with a festival
WFTV 9 Orlando· 4 days agoThroughout the event, the celebration was about taking the past, learning from it, and enhancing the...
Artist bucked Patton to amuse WWII soldiers | Only in Oklahoma
Tulsa World· 5 days agoMany of the original cartoons line the wall of a special Bill Mauldin room at the 45th Infantry ...
Weingart Foundation Promotes Joanna Jackson to President and CEO
The Chronicle of Philanthropy· 6 days agoJoanna Jackson, who has served as its interim president and CEO since October, will remain at the helm of the $850 million grant maker ...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 4 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation, which liberated the enslaved in rebelling states, had gone into...
What is Juneteenth?
KING5 Seattle· 4 days agoJuneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday and has been called the country’s second Independence Day.
The Editorial Board: Juneteenth is a day of celebration and remembrance
The Buffalo News· 5 days agoPeople are catching on to the importance of Juneteenth. Buffalonians could give a master class on ...
First Solano County raising of Juneteenth Flag ceremony celebrated
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 3 days agoNow, 17 years after Sharon McGriff-Payne, of Vallejo, had discovered the Willis document as part of a research project, Solano County ...
First Solano County Juneteenth flag raising celebrated
Fairfield-Suisun Daily Republic· 2 days agoA document found in the Solano County archives in 2007 showed the date when Adam Willis was freed...