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What's open and closed on Juneteenth? Here's what to know about post office, store hours
Gannett via AOL· 5 days agoThis event occurred two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. Juneteenth...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 4 days agoHowStuffWorks On June 19 every year, millions of people across America come together to celebrate Juneteenth with parties, parades, prayer breakfasts,...
Rye celebrates Juneteenth with day of service at town’s African American Cemetery
News 12· 1 hour agoVolunteers cleaned up the cemetery and treated the headstones to preserve them. Juneteenth marks the 1865 emancipation of the last group of enslaved people, who were in Texas, 2.5 years after ...
Juneteenth is a time for assessment
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoEliza Anderson, Deseret News On Jan. 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation, which was signed by President Abraham Lincoln, became effective ...
... Already Been The Law Of The Land For Two And A Half Years — The Emancipation Proclamation”
Sierra Sun Times· 4 days agoPresident Joe Biden Proclaims Wednesday, June 19, 2024, as Juneteenth Day of Observance – Says, “The Army Arrived In Texas To Enforce What Had Already Been The Law Of The Land For Two And A ...
Is Publix open for Juneteenth? Is there mail delivery on the federal holiday? What to know
Tallahassee Democrat· 6 days agoJuneteeth is a day that commemorates when slavery finally ended in the United States, 2½½ years...
IUN marks Juneteenth with reading of Emancipation Proclamation
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoAs the Sons of Veterans of the Civil War read the Emancipation Proclamation Monday, Indiana...
Opinion: Juneteenth
Idaho State Journal· 2 days agoOn “Juneteenth,” I heard the Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, read over the radio, and it was inspiring to hear the words ...
Our View: A celebration of freedom -- for all
The Sun Chronicle· 5 days agoOn the night of Jan. 1, 1863, enslaved and free Blacks gathered in churches and private homes across the country awaiting news that the Emancipation < ...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people...