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Juneteenth: What to Know About the Freedom Holiday
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTheWrap offers a brief history lesson on Freedom Day, which commemorates the nation's full abolition of slavery and became a federal holiday just three...
VOICES: For Juneteenth, read the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation
Dayton Daily News· 6 days agoEditor’s Note: On January 1, 1863 and three years into the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...
Emancipation Proclamation to go on permanent display at National Archives in 2026
NBC Washington· 4 days agoThe National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation...
Mapped: Emancipation Proclamation to Juneteenth
Axios· 5 days agoJuneteenth commemorates the day when enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas, learned they were free 2½½ years after the passing of the
Juneteenth is a celebration for all - WV MetroNews
WV MetroNews· 6 days agoPresident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, freeing the
Journey to Juneteenth: Tallahassee family continues Florida’s Emancipation Day traditions
WCTV Tallahassee· 5 days agoIt was just weeks after the end of the Civil War and two years after President Lincoln issued the ...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied ...
Here is how Juneteenth came to be and why it's so important
The Advocate· 6 days agoTexas was the last state where it was being practiced, and communications being what they were at ...
Buffalo Sabres celebrate Juneteenth | Buffalo Sabres
NHL· 6 days agoThe Buffalo Sabres are proud to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth. On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the