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Citywide Juneteenth Jubilee celebrates 159 years since emancipation
WRBL Columbus via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMIDLAND, Ga. (WRBL)— As the nation pauses to celebrate the 159th Jubilee Juneteenth, Muscogee and...
Juneteenth: Black Congress members from Ohio discuss progress and problems since holiday’s...
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 5 days agoIt took more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation for...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoIt's also the fourth year that Florida has declined to make it a state holiday. What is Juneteenth? Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people ...
Spokane Juneteenth celebration draws crowds to honor holiday history | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 4 days agoThe holiday was first celebrated in Galveston, Texas, where, on June 19, 1865, enslaved people were declared free under the terms of the 1862 Emancipation Proclamation ...
Local historian shares tales of St. Helena’s freed people during and after the Civil War
Hilton Head Island Packet via AOL· 5 days agoThat was two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed in 1863, during the Civil War....
Juneteenth: What is it; what to know about the holiday that celebrates slavery’s end
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 7 days agoCommunities across the country will mark the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned that they, and...
Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 5 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to...
Juneteenth is a holiday about our nation's unfinished work
San Antonio Express-News· 5 days agoIt is a celebration of emancipation, yet for its beneficiaries in Texas, the news of that liberation...
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 5 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...
Belpre Historical Society hosts Juneteenth open house
The Marietta Times· 3 days agoDisplays and stories from the Emancipation Proclamation Celebrations of the Ohio River Valley were...