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The Good Side: Juneteenth Mural Project
WKYT Lexington· 6 days agoThe Absolute Equality Juneteenth Mural Project recently added a new mural in Washington, DC
Sen. Tim Scott and Dr. Ben Carson host Juneteenth commemoration
KGNS Laredo TX· 7 days agoWASHINGTON (Gray DC) -[ANCHOR] Juneteenth is a holiday marking the end of slavery in America. To...
What’s open and closed on Juneteenth 2024
CNN Business via Yahoo Finance· 6 days agoJuneteenth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, became the newest US federal holiday in 2021, though its storied history has held...
What to know about Juneteenth, the newest federal holiday
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoDespite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely overlooked by non-Black Americans...
On This Day, June 19: Deadly Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in Florida
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe day came to be celebrated annually as Juneteenth, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day....
Emancipation Proclamation to go on permanent display at National Archives in 2026
NBC Washington· 5 days agoThe National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation...
NYC Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and closed, things to do
FOX 5 New York· 6 days agoMany Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, marking the day in 1865 when the last enslaved people in...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSupreme Court Building after the High Tribunal ruled that segregtion in public schoolsis...
Juneteenth 2024: What’s open and what’s closed in DC, Maryland and Virginia
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 6 days agoJune 19 — Juneteenth — commemorates the day that Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and 2,0000 Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay...that two and a half years earlier on Jan. 1, 1863 ...
Juneteenth: How the US holiday is being celebrated
BBC via AOL· 6 days agoFood also plays an important part, with barbecues being one of the most popular ways of marking the day with family and friends. Many people choose to...