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Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 4 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to...
What's open and what's closed in NYC on Juneteenth?
CBS News· 3 days agoCity. What is the meaning of Juneteenth? Juneteenth is observed to mark the day that the last enslaved people in the United States received notice of the...
Photos: TJ hosts AL softball, baseball for Strike Out Cancer doubleheader
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 1 day agoDonna Hick and Stephanie Ridder, two women close to the TJ and AL communities who are currently...
Letters to the Editor: Readers discuss lack of Grand Island Cemetery upkeep, Willie Mays
Grand Island Independent· 1 day agoThis year with new graves being covered with new sod, the rest of these areas look so bleak and...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 3 days agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
Juneteenth Explained: What Is the Holiday, Why Was It Created and How Should It Be Celebrated?
Skanner· 4 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after President Abraham
Opinion: The presidential debate our democracy deserves
CNN via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoFormer White House speechwriter for President Obama Terry Szuplat lays out a few ways that this...
Will the real Donald Trump get the coverage he deserves? - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 1 day agoAt a roundtable discussion at the church, Trump didn’t do himself any favors when he said he did...
Ellie MacPherson to Present BABE LINCOLN at Edinburgh Fringe This Summer
Broadway World· 2 days agoWriter, performer, and historian (the funny kind) Ellie MacPherson will return to Edinburgh Fringe...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....