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Juneteenth 2024: What’s open, what’s closed on Wednesday? UPS, FedEx, banks, mail delivery, stock...
NJ.com· 3 days agoJuneteenth 2024 is on Wednesday, June 19. It celebrates the day in 1865 when enslaved Black people...
Galveston was home to the first Juneteenth. Here's how it'll celebrate this year
NPR· 3 days agoJune 19th commemorates the fall of slavery in Galveston in 1865 — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation ordered the liberation of Black people held ...
'Free-ish': Missoula Juneteenth event shares how connecting with the past informs the future
KPAX Missoula· 19 hours agoJuneteenth commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, Union troops reached Galveston, Texas and delivered the news of the emancipation < ...
EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 2 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
Village Initiative celebrates Juneteenth in Williamsburg with music, parade, food and dance
Daily Press· 12 hours agoThere, the last officially enslaved people in the country found out they were free, two years after...
LET FREEDOM RING: Locals reflect on meaning of Juneteenth as celebrations for the holiday continue
Twin States News· 2 days agoJune 19, 1865 is the day when over 250-thousand African Americans, still enslaved after the ...
Galveston's only Juneteenth art gallery inspires next generation of changemakers
ABC13 Houston· 1 day agoOn the same corner where Juneteenth was born nearly 160 years ago, a movement is taking place to...
Juneteenth celebrated in Colorado Springs
KOAA5· 1 day agoOn June 19, 1865 thousands of slaves in Texas learned they were free more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was enacted. An event hosted...
15 shot after a ‘sideshow’ took over a peaceful Juneteenth celebration in Oakland, police say
FOX 4 Kansas City· 11 hours agoOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Fifteen people were shot after an illegal “sideshow” took over a peaceful...
Grove City Council addresses a 1910 racial injustice
KSNF Joplin via Yahoo News· 14 hours agoGROVE, Okla. — Grove city leaders passed a proclamation Tuesday during a regular city council meeting honoring a Grove resident and acknowledging a...
