Search results
When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Is there mail delivery? All about the federal holiday
Gannett via AOL· 6 days agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth commemorates the day -- June 19, 1865 -- when federal soldiers...
What is Juneteenth, and how did it become a state and federal holiday?
The Republican· 3 days agoJuneteenth celebrates the date of June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger and soldiers from...
Biden hosting early Juneteenth celebration concert on White House lawn
WKMG ClickOrlando· 3 hours agoIt commemorates the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in the United States learned they were...
Ames' Juneteenth celebration features food, free haircuts and a showing of the Lion King
Ames Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoEmancipation, impacted by the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, arrived at various intervals...
When is Juneteenth? What to know about the holiday commemorating freedom from slavery
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday commemorating the final end of slavery in the rebelling...
Juneteenth 2024 events around Phoenix: 10 places to celebrate Black culture and excellence
The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThe occasion was first celebrated in Texas in 1865 during the aftermath of the Civil War, after...
The White House's Juneteenth celebration includes a concert: Who will perform?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 49 minutes agoWho is performing this year? Along with LaBelle and Knight, this year's performers include Brittney Spencer, an American country singer recently featured...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
Gannett via AOL· 11 hours agoWhy do we celebrate Juneteenth? Juneteenth is a holiday marking slaves in Texas learning in 1865 that they had been freed by President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation
Juneteenth: The journey to where? - CUInsight
CUInsight.com· 13 hours agoIt commemorates the pivotal moment on June 19th, 1865, when enslaved people in Texas finally learned of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation
Scottsdale marks Juneteenth this week
East Valley Tribune· 6 hours agoAsk anyone from grade school kids to senior citizens what the most important thing about the United States is, and you will likely get a one-word answer:...