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Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated? - The...
The Morning Sun· 4 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
‘Very dedicated’: Bethel Park students celebrate reading accomplishments
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 7 days agoLiteracy lives on at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, thanks to incentives for students to trade...
Strike Out Cancer: Jackets win twice on walk-offs, come together with Lynx for special recognition
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 1 day agoThomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln came together between the two games of a doubleheader at Ann...
Tribune editorial: Utah democracy is threatened by those who spread suspicion and lies
The Salt Lake Tribune· 6 days agoUtahns are being officially encouraged to rat one another out through one or both of two online...
Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe federal holiday known as “Second Independence Day,” marks the day the last African...The origins...
Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene
Coeur d'Alene Press· 2 days ago...ALENE — When Kitara Johnson-Jones arrived at the Human RightsEducation Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene and saw the “Love Lives Here...commemorates...
What It Took to Analyze a Decade of Shootings Near U.S. Schools
The Trace· 2 days 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 ...
Before Juneteenth
The Atlantic· 5 days agoIt took place in New Orleans in the summer of 1864 to celebrate the day of liberation for the enslaved people living in the 13 Louisiana parishes...
6 Chicago museums to offer free days on Juneteenth
NBC Chicago· 4 days agoJuneteenth marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, found out they had been freed — after the end of the Civil War, and two years after...
Manitowoc’s Henry Baetz: a German immigrant, Union soldier and public servant who was Wisconsin's...
Herald Times Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 days agoHe came to Wisconsin...organized Republican Party. During the presidential election of 1860, Henry...
