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USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoToday, the holiday is an opportunity for education about America's history with slavery and reckoning with that legacy. What happened in the news today? Louisiana is the first state to require ...
Rye celebrates Juneteenth with day of service at town’s African American Cemetery
KLAX-TV· 2 days agoJuneteenth marks the 1865 emancipation of the last group of enslaved people, who were in Texas, 2.5...
VOICES: For Juneteenth, read the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation
Dayton Daily News· 6 days agoEditor’s Note: On January 1, 1863 and three years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIts origins date back to June 19, 1865, when the last group of people enslaved in the southern U.S....
Emancipation Proclamation to go on permanent display at National Archives in 2026
NBC Washington· 5 days agoThe National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation...
EDITORIAL | Juneteenth: National holiday has its beginnings in Texas | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 7 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in September of 1862, declaring that...
IUN marks Juneteenth with reading of Emancipation Proclamation
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoAs the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War read the Emancipation Proclamation Monday, Indiana...
What is Juneteenth? The beginner's guide to celebrating the federal holiday
First Coast News· 7 days agoIt marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed — after...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Juneteenth is a celebration for all - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 7 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the slaves. It took ...