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Pentagon Barracks was former Baton Rouge military post, visited by famous American leaders
WVLA Baton Rouge via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoGrant before he became president, former U.S. president Abraham Lincoln and a young Robert E. Lee....
VP Kamala Harris Dances On Stage, Gladys Knight Performs at Joyful Juneteenth Celebration
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoWhile Juneteenth has long been regionally recognized in the South, nationwide interest in the day...
AI companies, meet the False Claims Act
The Hill· 1 day agoMost of those government dollars currently flowing to these firms are coming from one sector in particular: the defense industry. During the Civil War, ...
For Jamie Raskin, Democratic warrior wit, the hits keep on coming
The Baltimore Banner· 6 hours ago“Our last great Republican president, Abraham Lincoln, didn’t know whether Americans could long...
Library of Congress launches new 'Collecting Memories' exhibit in a bid to draw more tourists
Associated Press via AOL· 20 hours ago“Collecting Memories” — which opens to the public on June 13 — is an intensely curated exhibit that...
Juneteenth falls on a Wednesday this year. Do feds get the day off?
Federal Times· 6 days agoOn June 19, 1865, troops came to Galveston two-and-a-half years after President Abraham Lincoln...
Juneteenth celebrations follow tradition of newly freed Black people | Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt
Santa Maria Times· 3 days agoOn Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, signed the Emancipation...
Naturalization ceremonies in Miami are powerful civic lessons | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoAs President Abraham Lincoln once put it, the idea of freedom is “the electric cord” that “links the...
Gladys Knight, Patti LaBelle join Biden for early Juneteenth celebration on White House lawn
NBC Washington· 4 hours agoPresident Joe Biden celebrated the Juneteenth holiday early with a Monday concert on the White House...
Fact-checking Byron Donalds’ ‘Jim Crow’ comments on Black families
Tampa Bay Times· 17 hours agoRep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump, recently tried...