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Juneteenth celebrations and more things to do this weekend at the Jersey Shore
App.com | Asbury Park Press via Yahoo News· 9 minutes agoThe troops’ arrival came 2½½ years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Considered...
What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 5 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and soldiers from...
Here's our big list of Juneteenth things to do in North Jersey
The Record· 48 minutes agoGordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to give enslaved Black people the news that their owners...
Letter: Susie King Taylor's history is worth understanding this Juneteenth
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoCome Juneteenth (June 19), the Susie King Taylor Museum in Hinesville will display copies of the ...
Juneteenth to take over amphitheater
The Lima News, Ohio via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoJun. 11—LIMA — Lima's Juneteenth celebration might not have a parade this year, but organizer Marc Wright thinks it will be bigger and better than ever. The celebration of news of the
Watch: Biden appears to freeze at White House concert
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 24 hours ago“Black history is American history,” Mr Biden told the crowd after the concert. He said he would...
Juneteenth celebration is five days
Odessa American· 12 hours ago“We’re committed to our past and shaping our future,” Joann Davenport Littleton with the Black Cultural Council of Odessa said. Made a federal holiday in...
The biggest and Blackest moments of White House Juneteenth celebration
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoWhile commemorating the upcoming Juneteenth holiday and Black America’s resilience, there were some...
Juneteenth in Springfield: Parade, talent show, music series and more
Gannett via AOL· 1 day agoJuneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the day the news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached enslaved people via federal troops in Galveston ...
55 empowering Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThough enslaved persons had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, many states didn't...
