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You might see nurses with ice cream at this Tacoma hospital on Juneteenth. Here’s why
Tacoma News Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDay, Veteran’s Day or or Indigenous People’s Day, according to the news release. The News Tribune...
Juneteenth ‘family reunion’ event educates Fayetteville residents
KNWA Fayetteville via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFreedom eventually came to enslaved people on June 19, 1865, and the holiday marked the country’s...
Juneteenth advances as state holiday despite enduring opposition
Axios· 2 days agoJuneteenth, the once-obscure day commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in Texas, has...
Here are some ways you can celebrate Juneteenth in Maine
Maine Morning Star via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 2021, Maine made Juneteenth an official holiday, designating June 19 as a day of commemoration....
On Juneteenth, Gov. Dunleavy weighs adding a new legal holiday for Alaska
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs Alaska celebrates Juneteenth this Wednesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy is weighing whether to sign a...
Juneteenth: 5 events on the South Shore. Music, food, history and games
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoThe event will feature artist jamele adams as a keynote speaker, educational games and activities for children and ways for adults to learn about the history of the holiday
Feeling a bit gaslit by the new federal holiday? Me too.
Real Change News· 2 days agoOne hundred and three years ago, a mob of white people looted, bombed and burned Black Wall Street,...
Juneteenth celebrated in Las Vegas: ‘This is an American holiday’
Las Vegas Review-Journal· 6 days agoRoderick Talley...said that the information is out there, if you know where to look for it. “A lot...
Fourth annual Juneteenth Downeast Commemoration
Fox Bangor· 2 days agoOrganizers say this year's theme of "Shoulder to Shoulder" was meant to shed a light on the shared challenges faced by black and indigenous communities...
Q&A: Retired Army colonel Dwayne Wagner talks about his Juneteenth poem for Military Review
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIndigenous, immigrant, enslaved or not, America has earned this right. Citizens...19th now endears....