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‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 5 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Tax Breaks: As Summer Begins, The Tax World Shows No Signs Of Cooling Off
Forbes· 13 hours agoMemorial Day became a federal holiday for work purposes in 1888, but it wasn't observed uniformly...
Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 4 days agoGina Maiola, communications director for Ivey, said Monday the memo did not list all the state holidays but that the governor added a couple of days, Juneteenth and the day ...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 4 days agoThe Culpeper NAACP will hold a Juneteenth celebration at Yowell Meadow Park on June 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organization will celebrate the federal holiday, marking ...
A 97 year old visionary to visit Santa Fe
Santa Fe New Mexican· 1 day agoBy 2021, this very same little girl — now 94 — was the national figurehead behind making June 19 a federal holiday honoring the freedom struggle and...
Why Eritreans are at war with each other around the world
BBC via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“This show of unity led to a surge in the popularity of independence day and other national holidays...
Kentucky governor takes action on Juneteenth holiday and against discrimination based on hairstyles
WHAS TV11 Louisville· 2 days agoKentucky Gov. Andy Beshear designated Juneteenth as a holiday for state executive branch workers on...
This Memorial Day, here’s who you should know is buried at the Lexington Cemetery
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn recognition of that day’s news, President Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021....
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 5 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-ever Juneteenth parade as part of its...
Big Nvidia results, decent housing reports will boost markets
TheStreet via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoPay attention to this week's big housing reports Home sales are a big piece of how the U.S. economy...
