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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 ...
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 ...
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....
Salem community celebrates Juneteenth
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoThe date became a federal holiday in 2021 and the Oregon legislature passed House...
What It Took to Analyze a Decade of Shootings Near U.S. Schools
The Trace· 11 hours agoOn June 18, we published a story about how frequently shootings happen near schools across the United States. The story was based on our analysis of 10 years of data from the Gun Violence Archive ...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and what’s closed in DC, Maryland and Virginia
Fox local via AOL· 1 day agoGranger and 2,0000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to free more than 200,000 slaves who didn’t know that two and a half years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham ...
Tropical downpours won't stop annual Juneteenth celebration at Ashton Villa in Galveston
ABC13 Houston· 2 days agoGalveston is the birthplace of Juneteenth, which marks the day in 1865 enslaved people there found...
