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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteenth, the country's youngest federal holiday, arrives next week. The day commemorates the day...
Wichitans share the significance of Juneteenth
KSNW Wichita via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Juneteenth is known as a day of freedom. It signifies the enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery more...
Essay winners: Juneteenth lets us remember nation's past while striving for better future
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoJust a few months prior, Abraham Lincoln had announced the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing those...
2024 Juneteenth celebrations in the Charlotte area
WSOC via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoJuneteenth is a federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery -- June 19 was the day that the last slaves in the U.S. were made aware of their...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 17 hours agoGen. Gordon Granger informed people in Galveston, Texas, that President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier had freed enslaved ...
Sacramento area hosts Juneteenth events in 2024
ABC 10 Sacramento· 2 days agoJuneteenth falls on a Wednesday this year, and it commemorates the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation as ordered on June 19, 1865, in...
Here are 8 ways to celebrate the Juneteenth holiday in Springfield
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoJuneteenth is Wednesday, June 19. The national holiday honors the day all enslaved people learned of...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
Juneteenth 2024: Nine ways to celebrate around Chicagoland
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoCHICAGO — A military honors ceremony and the raising of the Juneteenth flag on Friday kicked off a...