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How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe amendment's passage through Congress and across Lincoln's desk began in January 1865. It was...
What's open and closed for Juneteenth in Iowa?
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoThe proclamation did not end slavery, though. The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in America and was ratified Dec. 6, 1865, according...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 8 hours agoPresident Lincoln must’ve known that it would be some time before Union troops could enforce the Proclamation. The slave states hid the proclamation from...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt commemorates the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops... in 1862 and it took effect on Jan. 1, 1863, slavery in America wasn't formally ...
Juneteenth festivals, events and other celebrations to mark the holiday in Charlotte
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJune 19 marks Juneteenth, a holiday marking June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWar ended and more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln. By the time enslaved people were declared...
Juneteenth is a second Independence Day for America
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFinally, the slaves in Texas knew that the long war was over, as was their far longer bondage. It still took time for slavery to officially end when 13th Amendment to the ...
The history and significance of Juneteenth
WAVY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth—also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, or the country's second Independence Day—stands as an enduring symbol of Black American freedom.
Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSlavery would not be formally abolished until that December when the 13th Amendment was ratified. The next year, newly freed people in Texas organized...
Juneteenth: What is it; what to know about the holiday that celebrates slavery’s end
WSOC-TV Charlotte· 5 days agoFor more than 150 years, June 19 has been a day to celebrate the end of slavery in the United...
