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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
You have to see this Lego video that won a Red Lion student top prize in national contest
York Daily Record· 7 hours agoLogan Zabarkes, a student at Red Lion Area Junior High School, recently won the grand prize in a...
Investigator Sherlock Jones returns in ‘Diamonds. Doubles. Murder.’ | Book Talk
Gannett via AOL· 1 day ago...Cleveland and the Civil War”), Ellen Connally, Mel Maurer, a contributor to “Unfading Light: The...
Beacon Hill marks Juneteenth with calls to protect education, pursue reparations
Boston Herald· 5 days agoThe holiday marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they were free...
National Civil Rights Museum offering free admission on Juneteenth
FOX 13 Memphis· 5 days agoThe free admission not only celebrates Juneteenth and its history but also allows museum visitors to...
Rye celebrates Juneteenth with day of service at town’s African American Cemetery
News 12· 1 day agoThe town hosted a commemoration at the Rye African American Cemetery, featuring history lessons and words from the descendants of the many people interred there. Volunteers cleaned up the cemetery ...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat· 4 days agoThe grounds which serve as the site of Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was used very much as it is today 170 years ago, as a place for agricultural fairs and other events. Camp Koerner — named after ...
FSCJ professor: Political extremism between parties reduces ability to find common ground
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 day agoIt is derived from the Greek words demos, which means people, and kratos, which means power —...
GoLocalProv | News | Thucydides, Bismarck, and U.S.-China Competition - Dr. Mackubin Owens
GoLocalProv· 6 hours agoMAP: File I am one of those people who believes that the best way to understand the nature of international politics is to study Thucydides’ history of the Peloponnesian War. Several years ago ...
Why I Celebrate Juneteenth - And Response (2)
The Chattanoogan· 5 days agoThroughout history slavery has existed. On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued by executive order the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation ...