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Biden touts efforts to preserve Black history ahead of Juneteenth
The Hill via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThe White House on Monday announced new initiatives to preserve Black history just days before...
How to Celebrate Juneteenth This Year
PureWow via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoJuneteenth (also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day or Emancipation Day) is a day to honor and celebrate liberation. Today, the holiday celebrates Black...
Why Juneteenth, the U.S.'s Second Independence Day, Is a Federal Holiday
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoJuneteenth derives its name from June 19...years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, Granger’s decree marked the end of ...
Ames' Juneteenth celebration features food, free haircuts and a showing of the Lion King
Ames Tribune via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoPresident Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, which declared all...
Here's the difference between fixed and floating holidays
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe floating dates were shifted to Mondays by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968, which took effect January 1, 1971, and created the long weekends we ...
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Protect and Preserve Our Nation’s...
The White House· 8 hours agoThe President was proud to sign into law the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, the first new...
6 books that explain the history and meaning of Juneteenth
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThese celebrations included such dates as January 1, in North Carolina, April 3, in Richmond,...
Juneteenth Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 4 days agoJuneteenth is also referred to as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first...
Asian Shares Mostly Lower In Thin Holiday Trade
RTT News· 16 hours agoAsian stocks ended mostly lower in thin trade on Monday, with markets in China, Hong Kong and Australia closed for public holidays. The dollar rose in international markets ...
These Juneteenth Ideas Will Make the Day’s Celebration Memorable, Delicious, and Fun
Food and Wine· 4 days agoWhile Juneteenth dates back to 1865, it became a federal holiday only three years ago, 160 years after the last enslaved people in Texas were finally released from bondage ...
