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'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat· 2 days agoOn the steps of what is now the Knott House Museum, where the Emancipation Proclamation was first...
Jacksonville holds 4th annual celebration of Florida’s Emancipation Proclamation Day
FOX30 / CBS47 Jacksonville· 2 days 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· 2 days agoThat day is when enslaved Africans first learned of their freedom in Tallahassee, more than two...
Tallahassee celebrates Emancipation Day with bells, dramatic reading
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoOn May 20, 1865, the Emancipation Proclamation was first read on the steps of the Knott House by...
‘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...
MISTER LINCOLN, SISTER ACT & More Set for Ford's Theatre Society 2024-2025 Season
Broadway World· 1 day agoThe season lineup includes the beloved music-filled holiday production of Charles Dickens's A...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 1 day agoFirst celebrated in Texas, Juneteenth recognizes the emancipation of African American slaves by President Abraham Lincoln’s ...
Takeaways from Tallahassee — Celebration time
Florida Politics· 4 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 ...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 2 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-ever Juneteenth parade as part of its...
Exploring Maryland: What to do and see in ‘Little America’
Fox News· 2 days agoMaryland, "America in Miniature," possesses a remarkable array of experiences that attract history...