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Juneteenth is a celebration for all - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 1 day agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves. It took effect January 1, 1863, however, word ...
Some say Juneteenth is ‘a day just as important as the Fourth of July’
WFLA via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, Major General Gordon Granger announced the end of the Civil War to 250,000...
Ouachita Parish’s NAACP president speaks on the history of Juneteenth National Independence Day
NBC 10 - FOX 14 Monroe· 11 hours agoOUACHITA PARISH (KTVE/KARD) – Each year, on June 19, Juneteenth National Independence Day is...
Lawmakers, advocates and local leaders commemorate Juneteenth at the state capitol
FOX61· 9 hours agoThe holiday commemorates the day Union soldiers marched to Galveston, Texas in 1865, to inform...
Lake County celebrates Juneteenth at variety of events; ‘We still have work to do to ensure...
Chicago Tribune· 13 hours agoAdriane Johnson, D-Buffalo Grove, had no lack of greetings. Juneteenth marks the announcement of the...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ handed keys to new Texas home 85 years after racist mob burned it down
The Independent via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoTheir announcement came more than two years after Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation...
Mark Juneteenth by remembering the Black women who went above and beyond for the Union
Berkshire Eagle· 1 day agoToday is Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865, even though...
Juneteenth Is a Celebration of Freedom
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoGen. Gordon Granger set in motion the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation—which President Abraham Lincoln had signed over two years...
What's open and what's closed in NYC on Juneteenth?
CBS News· 23 hours 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...
Dellwood celebrates Juneteenth with parade and festival
KSDK St. Louis· 12 hours agoThe City of Dellwood, Bridge the Gap 314 and the American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri...
