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Editorial: Juneteenth is about more than the end of slavery
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoJuneteenth, a federal holiday, is about honoring fortitude, perseverance and, yes, optimism. Those...
Juneteenth 2024: Who is working? What is open?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoWhen the Civil War ended in April 1865, U.S. General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and read...19, 1866. Celebrations continued on this day...
Will a Miami prison be named after Trump? Here's what Florida lawmakers are trying to rename
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoMiami prison named after Trump? Reaction to potential Dulles Airport renaming Back in April, a bill...
Q&A: Retired Army colonel Dwayne Wagner talks about his Juneteenth poem for Military Review
Redding Record Searchlight via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoTexas slaves cried to their Gods: “Why not us … and … why not me?” 9 April 1865 End of the bloody...
Sen. Perkins Kwoka tried to make Juneteenth a New Hampshire holiday; House said no.
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 8 hours ago“This bill would give Juneteenth proper status (and) reflected significance to so many people across...
Is Juneteenth a holiday in Florida? What is closed on Juneteenth 2024?
Tallahassee Democrat· 4 hours agoBay, Texas, with 2,000 Union troops with a message for the more than 250,000 enslaved Black people...
Are banks, post offices, UPS and FedEx open on Juneteenth 2024 in NH? Here's what to know
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoSenate Bill 481, sponsored by Sen. Rebecca Perkins Kwoka, D-Portsmouth, would make Juneteenth a...
The Origins of Juneteenth and Why It Falls on June 19th
Time via Yahoo News· 1 day agoMany Texans pushed for the holiday to be recognized by the state— a designation that finally came in...
Juneteenth means more than celebrations in Jackson. It's a time of reflection, commemoration
Gannett via AOL· 8 hours agoJust a little shy of two months before Juneteenth, Mississippi had another state holiday:...
Oil up after Fed comments, expected US crude stockpile drawdown
MSN News· 3 hours agoBy Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose on Tuesday on cautious yet positive...
