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What is Emancipation Day? When does Florida celebrate the abolition of slavery?
TCPalm | Treasure Coast Newspapers via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEmancipation Day is celebrated at different times throughout the United States, with the most common...
Gainesville to host month-long events honoring Florida’s Emancipation Day and Juneteenth
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe month-long "Journey to Juneteenth" will be once again sponsored by the city of Gainesville to...
DC Emancipation Day: How to celebrate
WDVM via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Although D.C. Emancipation Day officially is April 16, the District said it will mark the occasion with a number of...
Canadians celebrate second Emancipation Day as many remain unaware of country’s slave history
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoIn Toronto, Ontario, a food festival and crafters market is projected to entice more than 1,000 with...
Emancipation Day, Homecoming, Park Day in Missouri before Juneteenth was celebrated
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCelebrations of freedom for enslaved Black people have been held around Missouri under different...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe City of Tallahassee recognizes May 20 as Florida's Emancipation Day, and throughout the month,...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 1 week agoThe city of Gainesville kicked off its month-long Journey to Juneteenth celebration on Saturday with...
Bygone Muncie: From a city-wide celebration of Emancipation Day in 1895 to Juneteenth in 2022
The Star Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI was delighted to see another Juneteenth celebration this year at McCulloch Park. While it’s only...
Juneteenth is the national holiday, but Tennessee also celebrates on its Emancipation Day
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth is the federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. But in...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoRetired Escambia County educator Walter Gulley Jr. has taught history, social studies, African-American history and so much more. But it wasn't until a few years ago that he heard about Florida's ...