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Emancipation Proclamation read on Knott House Museum steps
Tallahassee Democrat· 3 days agoToday, Reginald Ellis, Ph.D., Provost Professor at Florida A&M University, read the document in...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 2 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Photos: Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 2 days agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWar soldiers. 11 a.m. - Church bells in Tallahassee will ring for two minutes to celebrate Florida's...
Why Red Foods Are Traditionally Eaten On Juneteenth
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAlthough Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was delivered two years prior, freedom wasn't fully realized until the news was announced to the 250,000...
California reparations payouts on hold, but state moves toward apology for slavery
Fox News· 5 days agoThe California Senate held up plans to dole out reparations payouts to its citizens, but the...
Documenting and preserving Virginia’s largest, most revered trees
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 3 days agoVirginia is home to nearly 80 national champion big trees, consistently placing the commonwealth in...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 2 days agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 5 days agoWhile June 19 is the official federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, Gen. Edward McCook first read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps ...
Why Barbecue Became Significant To Juneteenth Celebrations
Tasting Table via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoSince the holiday's inception in 1865, barbecue has been a part of Juneteenth celebrations, whether...