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Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoEd Markey of Massachusetts. Here's what to know about the holiday. What is Juneteenth? Juneteenth is...
Juneteenth Ohio Festival to offer food, entertainment and more downtown this weekend
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 46 minutes agoThe festival commemorates the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free —...
What does the name 'Juneteenth' mean? When is Juneteenth? All about the federal holiday
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoThough Juneteenth celebrations were documented as early as 1866, it wasn't until 2021 that the day...
Juneteenth festivities in Salina include free movie showing, city-wide celebration
Salina Journal· 2 hours agoWhile it has been celebrated for decades, the first official Salina Juneteenth Celebration took...
Juneteenth is next week, but Athens will host a celebration on Saturday. Here's what to know
Gannett via AOL· 3 hours agoJune 19 is Juneteenth, a national holiday and independence day for African-Americans which marks the official end of slavery in the U.S. in 1865, according ...
Juneteenth in Orlando: Celebrate with special events
Orlando Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoOn June 19, Juneteenth — also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day or Jubilee Day — marks the anniversary of the ...
Taste the history at Juneteenth event in Providence. How you can go
Gannett via AOL· 2 hours agoBut this event is designed to be a touchstone to the significance of Juneteenth. "Food is a language...
Here’s how Juneteenth is being celebrated across the CSRA
News 12 Augusta· 1 hour agoFor more than a century and a half, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
Juneteenth celebration returns to Cormier Youth Center Saturday
The Eagle-Tribune· 2 hours agoWhile it is only the fourth year Juneteenth is celebrated in Andover, the holiday has a long history...
Juneteenth in the Lower Hudson Valley: Events you won't want to miss June 14-16
Gannett via AOL· 4 hours agoJuneteenth National Independence Day, which falls on Wednesday, June 19, is the anniversary of the ...