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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...
The Switch Up — The living legacy of Juneteenth
The Hill via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFor more than 400 years, 15 million Africans were the victims of the transatlantic slave trade, according to data from the United Nations. By 1860, when...
What's open and what's closed in NYC on Juneteenth?
CBS News· 4 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...
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...
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...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
The Arizona Republic· 3 days agoIn essence, Juneteenth is a second Independence Day. After 2½½ bloody years of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation...
Smith: Juneteenth must remind us of our shared humanity
Birmingham News· 3 days agoAs we celebrate Juneteenth, we seem to have forgotten the consequences of dehumanizing our fellow...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
ABC12 Mid-Michigan· 4 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 ...
Will the real Donald Trump get the coverage he deserves? - Roll Call
CQ Politics· 2 days agoAt a roundtable discussion at the church, Trump didn’t do himself any favors when he said he did...
Opinion: The presidential debate our democracy deserves | CNN
CNN.com· 21 hours agoEditor’s Note: Terry Szuplat, who served as a White House speechwriter for President Barack Obama,...