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Juneteenth across generations
The Purdue Exponent· 2 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the end of slavery, when Union troops in Texas on June 19, 1865, enforced the Emancipation Proclamation Abraham Lincoln had signed...
Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press· 1 day agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865 — a day more than two months after the end of the Civil War and two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth
The Chattanoogan· 2 days agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ...
Chaney honored with a slot on New London's Black Heritage Trail on Juneteenth
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 19—NEW LONDON — Parade Plaza rang out Wednesday afternoon with the sounds of drumming, laughter and song as dozens of guests celebrated Juneteenth and one of the city's most respected matriarchs ...
Salem celebrates Juneteenth
The Salem News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, which is now a federal holiday, commemorates the official end to slavery in the United States, when on June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in...
Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom
Reason.com· 2 days agoOn June 19, 1865, about two and a half months after the Civil War had ended, Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger set in motion the final enforcement of the...
Crowds come out for Augusta’s downtown Juneteenth festival
News 12 Augusta· 2 days agoThe big event in Augusta was Wednesday’s Juneteenth festival in the parking lot of the James Brown...
Events across Baltimore commemorate Juneteenth
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 2 days agoThe holiday, also known as Freedom Day and Emancipation Day, marks when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned in 1865 that they had been freed after the end of the Civil War, and two ...
Editorial: Juneteenth is a moment to mark progress and work toward a more just future
The Virginian-Pilot· 2 days agoJuneteenth should be celebratory and, indeed, there will be plenty of events that mark the occasion...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 2 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 ...
