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Detroit marks Juneteenth with art and joy at downtown celebration
Detroit Free Press· 14 hours agoOne-and-a-half year-old Brooklyn Phillips probably didn’t know what ground she stood on or why she...
Norfolk’s Calvert Square neighborhood celebrates Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoNORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Crowds of people marched in Calvert Square for Juneteenth Wednesday afternoon....
Governor Shapiro joins Juneteenth Jubilee celebration
WHTM via Yahoo News· 18 hours agoHARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – Festivities are wrapping up on City Island for Harrisburg’s Juneteenth...
'Becoming free in our country': Bay Area communities celebrate Juneteenth
ABC7 News· 13 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
CELEBRATING FREEDOM: Juneteenth events offer opportunity to reflect
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 3 hours agoThe celebration of Juneteenth by the organization E3 commemorated the day that word of the...
Tropical winds bring surfers to Galveston Island
KRIV via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGALVESTON, Texas - "Came for a good time. Came to swim, came to boogie board. Just have fun," said Shawn Hines. "I live in north Texas, decided to come ...
Mapped: Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth
Axios· 1 day agoJuneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½½ years after the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation ...
Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 18 hours agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
The Irony Of Tropical Storm Alberto Forming On Juneteenth
Forbes· 1 day agoJuneteenth is a federal holiday honoring June 19th, 1965. On that date, federal troops arrived in ...
Winona Celebrates Juneteenth
WKBT La Crosse· 11 hours agoWINONA, Minn (WKBT)-- Juneteenth is a day commemorating when slaves in Galveston, Texas were freed after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. It has ...
