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Emancipation Proclamation to go on permanent display at National Archives in 2026
NBC Washington· 4 days agoThe National Archives has put a date to last year's announcement that the Emancipation Proclamation...
Belpre Historical Society hosts Juneteenth open house
The Marietta Times· 4 days agoDisplays and stories from the Emancipation Proclamation Celebrations of the Ohio River Valley were...
Juneteenth celebrates just one of the United States’ 20 emancipation days
New Jersey Monitor via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe actual day was June 19, 1865, and it was the Black dockworkers in Galveston, Texas, who first...
Juneteenth poet encourages celebration of the historic holiday and to spread positivity with words
FOX 10 Phoenix· 5 days agoThe teenaged author of the Juneteenth poem displayed at the Phoenix Children's Museum is striving to...
Wednesday is a federal holiday. What you should know about Juneteenth (June 19, 2024)
Birmingham News· 7 days agoJuneteenth is the newest federal holiday and the first one established since Martin Luther King Jr....
Buildings lit in different colors in honor of Juneteenth
FOX 23 News Albany· 5 days agoBuildings around the city of Albany were lit in different colors Wednesday in honor of Juneteenth.
Juneteenth events celebrate the end of slavery in the United States
UPI· 5 days agoJuneteenth holiday events across the nation celebrate and memorialize June 19 in 1865, when 250,000...
On This Day, June 19: Deadly Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in Florida
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIn 1865, nearly two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, freedom from slavery was...
Discovery Children's Museum celebrates Juneteenth
KTNV Las Vegas· 5 days agoDISCOVERY Children’s Museum is one of several valley organizations celebrating and honoring Juneteenth, which commemorates the abolition of slavery. Replica Juneteenth Flag Creation: Craft your ...
'Juneteenth Story Stroll' details Juneteenth history at Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
KLAX-TV· 6 days agoOn the outside of the Martin Luther King, Jr. branch is a special Juneteenth edition story stroll....