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Gainesville to host month-long events honoring Florida’s Emancipation Day and Juneteenth
The Gainesville Sun via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe month-long "Journey to Juneteenth" will be once again sponsored by the city of Gainesville to...
The Check-In: Celebrating Juneteenth in D.C., electric airplanes, and more
The Week via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Washington Monument behind the "Stone of Hope" statue Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Welcome...
A memorial at war with itself — like Lincoln
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPlacid. Peaceful. You could be forgiven for thinking, when you look at the benign figure of Abraham Lincoln, sitting on his throne at the Lincoln...
Juneteenth: Here's how the Upstate will celebrate, commemorate
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOne hundred and fifty-seven years ago and two years after President Abraham Lincoln declared...
What is compensated emancipation, and why did Joseph Smith campaign for it?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPresident Russell M. Nelson mentioned compensated emancipation Thursday night when he received the...
How Juneteenth Became a National Holiday
Town & Country via AOL· 11 months agoJuneteenth, celebrated annually on June 19, marks the end of slavery in the United States. The holiday, also called Emancipation Day, Freedom Day,...
Kentucky House backs giving lawmakers authority over statues in Capitol Rotunda
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoKentucky lawmakers would claim authority over what statues are installed or removed from the state...
Ronald Myers pushed for Juneteenth in Milwaukee. Is it time for a statue in his honor?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOpal Lee, the woman known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth," on Friday visited Milwaukee, a city...
Riviera Beach has big plans for this weekend's 'Mayteenth' celebration
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoRiviera Beach City Councilwoman Shirley Lanier will host a program Saturday commemorating the end of...
'There is so much depth to our culture': Melbourne celebrates Juneteenth
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMELBOURNE — Three years ago, Mica Brown and her friends washed almost 100 pounds of donated chicken...
