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What Is Juneteenth? Everything You Need to Know about This Important Piece of American History
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs of 2021, Juneteenth is officially celebrated nationally on June the 19th. However, this day of...
Hundreds of residents take part in Enterprise’s Annual Juneteenth Parade
WDHN Dothan via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoENTERPRISE, Ala. (WDHN) — Hundreds of residents were battling the heat participating in and watching...
Juneteenth: Where to celebrate in the Historic Triangle
Daily Press· 16 hours agoThe holiday commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days – and the history of how...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
Juneteenth events 2024: Where to go to celebrate the holiday over the weekend
WSB Radio· 14 hours agoWhile President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation more than two years earlier,...
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 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTYLER, Texas (KETK) – Next Wednesday is June 19, also known as Juneteenth, a day that commemorates Black people being freed from slavery after the Civil...
Canton to host Juneteenth celebration on June 15th
WXYZ-TV Detroit· 19 hours agoAnnual Canton Juneteenth celebration to include live entertainment, hustle lessons, a DJ, and the reading of the Emancipation Proclamation
Juneteenth 2024: Your guide to celebrations in DC, Maryland and Virginia - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 20 hours agoThis news came two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation,...
Juneteenth celebration begins in Topeka
KSNT Topeka via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoTOPEKA (KSNT) – Although the holiday isn’t until June 19, people in Topeka began celebrating the Juneteenth holiday early. From noon until 10 p.m. on...
