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When is Juneteenth observed in 2024? Is there mail delivery? All about the federal holiday
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoBut its effect was limited, according to the National Archives. It only applied to states that...
See why there’s ‘no bad time to be up here on the mountain’ at this Kentucky State Park
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 25 minutes agoThe resort, whose land was the first acquired by the state for a park, offers a tremendous amount of...
Chillicothe is the Location of Three “Juneteenth” Events | WCHI Easy 1350
iHeartRadio· 8 hours agoThe Pump House Center for the Arts, Majestic Theatre, and Yoctangee Park will mark the anniversary...
Why India and Pakistan’s T20 cricket showdown in New York is such a big deal - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 4 hours agoAmericans might be surprised to learn that cricket – not baseball, nor football – holds the title of...
The Price America Pays For Ignorant Americans
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoBut more than one-third didn’t know in which century the American Revolution had occurred, and half believed that either theWar of 1812 or the
Chigozie Obioma’s visceral novel explores Nigeria’s civil war
The Economist· 2 hours agoNIGERIANS DO NOT speak much of the civil war of 1967-70. The median age of Nigerians is 17, so only...
OPINION | Randy McCrory: History of Benton County Poor Farm ends in one tiny cemetary | Northwest...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 9 hours agoIn April of 1857, a commission was appointed by the county court to establish a poor farm in Benton...
Juneteenth falls on a Wednesday this year. Do feds get the day off?
Federal Times· 1 day agoOn June 19, 1865, troops came to Galveston two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln...
Remembering the Battle of Philippi: The Civil War in West Virginia
WVNS Bluefield via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGHENT, WV (WVNS) — On June 3, 1861, the bloodiest war fought on American soil commenced with a bang:...
“Double Exposure” sheds light on the life of Civil War-era Western photographer
Denver Post· 3 hours agoTimothy O’Sullivan came west after the Civil War to take pictures of the landscape and the...
