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'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 19 hours agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first read on the steps of the Knott House by...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 14 hours agoJacksonville city leaders and state officials commemorated Florida’s 159th Emancipation Proclamation...
Florida Emancipation Day again recognized in Gainesville at museum in Black community
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 19 hours agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 3 days agoWhile June 19 is the official federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery, Gen. Edward McCook first read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps ...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 1 day agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Exploring Maryland: What to do and see in ‘Little America’
Fox News· 13 hours agoMaryland, "America in Miniature," possesses a remarkable array of experiences that attract history...
Documenting and preserving Virginia’s largest, most revered trees
Virginia Mercury via Yahoo News· 1 day agoVirginia is home to nearly 80 national champion big trees, consistently placing the commonwealth in...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 1 day agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-ever Juneteenth parade as part of its...
‘American Civil Wars’ Review: The Era of Continental Divides
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoIn the U.S., tensions over slavery reached a boiling point. After Abraham Lincoln’s victory in the...