Search results
THE CELEBRATION OF JUNETEENTH
Arizona Daily Sun· 4 days agoOn June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the bill that established Juneteenth National Independence Day, June 19, as a legal public holiday....
VOICES: For Juneteenth, read the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation
Dayton Daily News· 3 days agoIt wasn’t until June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas that the army...
On Juneteenth, a journalist honors ancestor at ceremony for Black soldiers who served in Civil War
WSB Radio· 3 days agoThat meant he was a soldier who served in a United States Colored Troops regiment that fought for...
Morgan State University educates on significance of Juneteenth and impact on higher education
CBS News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoState, the institution is educating others about the significance of this day, where the United...
Baytown Home Roof Inspection & Repair: Local Contractor Services Updated
Digital Journal· 4 days agoTexas experienced a record number of billion-dollar storms last year, and the state has already seen six such events this year. The contractor is therefore ...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to announce that slavery had been abolished. Texas...
Observing Juneteenth with a reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
NPR· 4 days agoDWANE BROWN, BYLINE: (Reading) Now, therefore I...following, to wit... DESTINEE ADAMS, BYLINE: (Reading) Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana - except the parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines ...
Tropical rainstorm lashing South Texas with flooding, strong winds, ocean surge
Washington Post· 3 days agoTexas amid a tropical rainstorm that will unleash a slew of impacts. It’s the United States’ first taste of tropical trouble in the 2024 Atlantic hurricane ...
How are federal holidays created?
CBS News· 4 days agoIt was on that day in 1865 that slaves in Galveston, Texas were finally freed — two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth, it...
Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the end of slavery. On this day in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston...
