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Juneteenth: What to know about the historical celebration that's now a federal holiday
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoSinger said that during this time, an estimated 250,000 people were kept enslaved in Texas despite ...
Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 14 hours agoThe Emancipation Proclamation, which liberated the enslaved in rebelling states, had gone into...
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...
Fayetteville celebrates Juneteenth with annual festival downtown
The Fayetteville Observer via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoJuneteenth is a celebration of freedom on June 19, marking the day enslaved people in Texas learned...
Juneteenth: Where to celebrate in the Historic Triangle
Daily Press· 1 day 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· 1 day agoKnown as Juneteenth in Texas, Emancipation Days symbolized America’s attempt to free the enslaved...
LIST: East Texas Juneteenth celebrations 2024
KETK Tyler via Yahoo News· 2 days 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...
Celebrate Juneteenth in metro Detroit with these events and activities
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe annual holiday celebrates equal rights and the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19,...
Here's what you should know about Juneteenth
KING5 Seattle· 8 hours agoJuneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday and has been called the country’s second Independence Day.