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Juneteenth explained: What is the holiday, why was it created and how should it be celebrated?
FOX 23 News Albany· 17 hours agoFor more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black...
The Juneteenth National Holiday is a Time to Remember
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoPresident Joe Biden signed the legislation into law three years that makes Juneteenth a national ...
How Juneteenth became a family holiday for us
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoNational Spaghetti Day. You get the idea. On June 19, the newsletter shoutout will be for Juneteenth. But Juneteenth isn’t just another “made-up
Juneteenth: What's open, what's closed? Will you get mail delivery, trash pickup Wednesday?
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoOn this day in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, and informed 250,000 enslaved...
When, why the US federal holiday Juneteenth is celebrated
KCPQ via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJuneteenth to mark the anniversary of June 19, 1865, the day when Texas – the last rebel state –...
Juneteenth colors: What they mean and the history behind the hues
Today· 21 minutes agoOrder No. 3, a proclamation officially ending slavery in the state of Texas. The announcement came nearly two years after Abraham Lincoln declared...enslaved people were finally ...
What You Need to Know About Juneteenth - E! Online
E! Online· 1 hour agoHow Is Juneteenth Celebrated? Known also as Emancipation Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, and Black Independence Day, Juneteenth celebrations ...
Juneteenth is a Sacred American Holiday
Skanner· 10 hours agoLike many...fruit–a symbol of the sweet freedom first tasted by the newly freed men and women. Juneteenth, as the day was known, was special not just for Black Texans...half ...
Juneteenth could become a paid state holiday next year
Anchorage Daily News· 1 day agoJuneteenth, a June 19th commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S., a paid state holiday, but...
Understanding history of Juneteenth; federal holiday since 2021
WITI via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoMILWAUKEE - The federal holiday Juneteenth will be celebrated on June 19. The holiday observes the...
