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Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters
Associated Press· 20 hours agoAlabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth— the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States — as a state holiday, while legislative ...
Why Red Foods Are Traditionally Eaten On Juneteenth
Daily Meal via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoAlthough Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation was delivered two years prior, freedom wasn't fully realized until the news was announced to the 250,000...
Juneteenth will again be state holiday in Alabama this year
Birmingham News· 23 hours agoJuneteenth will again be a state holiday in Alabama this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. ...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 10 hours agoThe Culpeper NAACP will hold a Juneteenth celebration at Yowell Meadow Park on June 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organization will celebrate the federal holiday ...
Oldest Juneteenth Organization Acknowledges White House for Recognizing Representative Al Edwards...
Digital Journal· 2 weeks agoElected to the Texas State Legislature in 1979, Edwards authored and championed the bill that established Juneteenth as a state holiday in Texas. His vision ...
Louisville Juneteenth Festival will be hosted at Lynn Family Stadium on June 15
WDRB 41 Louisville News· 6 days agoLouisville Juneteenth Festival will be held at Lynn Family Stadium in the Butchertown neighborhood...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Gannett via AOL· 2 weeks agoIs Juneteenth an official state holiday in SC? In 2022, S.C. senators approved a bill giving state...
Juneteenth Holiday Alabama
Anacortes American· 20 hours agoFILE - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey delivers her State of the State address, March 7, 2023, in Montgomery, Ala. On Monday, May 20, 2024, Ivey's office again...