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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 ...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 1 day agoGordon Granger issued General Order No. 3 in Galveston, Texas, proclaiming that enslaved African Americans were free. This was more than two years after ...
Union major general tied to Juneteenth buried in Lexington Cemetery
LEX 18 Lexington· 1 day agoIn 1865, Major General Granger issued Order No. 3, which informed the district of Texas that the Civil War had ended and slaves were free. Order No. 3 came two and a half years after President ...
The Juneteenth history lesson these Richmond churches taught its congregation: 'It should be...
CBS 6 Richmond· 1 day agoSt. Peter's, St. Philip's, and St. John's held a church service at Peter Paul RVA, filled with songs of liberation and a history lesson on Juneteenth and Abraham ...
Events across Baltimore commemorate Juneteenth
WBAL-TV Baltimore· 1 day 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 ...
Juneteenth 2024: Michiana stations along the Underground Railroad
ABC57 South Bend· 1 day agoJuneteenth is the newest national holiday in the United States, marking the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas learned they were free, more than two years after President Abraham</ ...
Utica hosts inaugural Juneteenth ‘talent-thon’
Rome Sentinel· 1 day agoIt was on June 19, 1865 when around 2,000 Union soldiers arrived in Texas to inform the last remaining enslaved Americans of their freedom guaranteed...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Museums, libraries and more: What's open and closed on Juneteenth in Chicago?
NBC Chicago· 2 days agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed —...
Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 2 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation to...
