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Juneteenth is on a Wednesday this year. Here's what will be open and closed on the holiday
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation was signed two years earlier, it applied only to areas under...
Essay winners: Juneteenth lets us remember nation's past while striving for better future
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoJust a few months prior, Abraham Lincoln had announced the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing those...
JUNETEENTH: Multiple celebrations to be held across Green Country
KJRH-TV Tulsa· 19 hours agoOn June 19, 1865, more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation ...
In Galveston, one Juneteenth story is a family affair
Houston Chronicle· 4 hours agoWord of the Emancipation Proclamation, issued in January 1863, had absolutely reached Texas before...
'This is American history.' Cincinnati's oldest, newest Juneteenth events have common goal
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe first Juneteenth was known to be celebrated in 1865 when news of freedom was spread to...
Juneteenth in the Lower Hudson Valley: Events you won't want to miss June 14-16
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 7 hours agoAlthough it has "long been celebrated in the African American community," reads the National Museum...
Where to celebrate Juneteenth 2024 in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Morning News· 1 day agoJuneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, the day that word of the Emancipation Proclamation finally...
What is Juneteenth? Here's why we celebrate the federal holiday in South Carolina
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhat is Juneteenth? Juneteenth commemorates the final end of slavery in Confederate states just...
Parades, poetry and a free Scarface concert: 12 ways to observe Juneteenth in Austin
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJuneteeth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, over two years after...
Juneteenth celebrations follow tradition of newly freed Black people | Lawanda Lyons-Pruitt
Santa Maria Times· 6 days agoOn Jan. 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President, signed the Emancipation Proclamation...