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Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoCamp Koerner — named after Gustave Koerner, a politician and close friend of Abraham Lincoln — was...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Mark Juneteenth by remembering the Black women who went above and beyond for the Union
Berkshire Eagle· 4 days agoToday is Juneteenth, the celebration of the end of slavery in the U.S. on June 19, 1865, even though...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
ABC12 Mid-Michigan· 3 days agoGordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming that enslaved African Americans were free. This was more than two years after ...
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...
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...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
RockinghamNow.com, Eden and Reidssville· 3 days agoOn June 19, 1865, Union Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming that enslaved African Americans were...