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Looking for fun events? Top 5 things to do around Tallahassee
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 30 minutes agoFriday at Adderley Amphitheater in Cascades park. There will be a reading of the Emancipation ...
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via Yahoo News· 7 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
The Reason Behind Red Juneteenth Foods and Drinks Isn't So Straight Foward
Good Housekeeping· 6 days agoThe celebration marks the period in 1865 in which enslaved people in Galveston, Texas received the...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days ago"Most people have never heard about that,'' said Gulley, board president of the Ella L. Jordan African-American History...
Reynolds signs history curriculum, behavioral health system measures into law
telegraphherald.com· 4 hours agoIowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed multiple bills into law Wednesday — including a measure requiring social studies and civics classes at Iowa schools have a greater focus on U.S. and Western history ...
Opal Lee receives honorary doctorate degree from SMU
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 4 days agoLee is a civil rights icon who championed Juneteenth awareness, an informal Texas holiday celebrated since Reconstruction recognizing the day in 1865,...
Vendors sought for Juneteenth celebration
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoALBANY ─ The Albany Museum of Art is partnering with the Dougherty County School System for a Juneteenth Fine Arts Celebration from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 22 at the museum. In preparation for ...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWhat is Juneteenth? When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, to free enslaved African Americans, it took time ...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“Many attribute Sherman’s victory with the Atlantic campaign and March to the Sea with allowing...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIt is the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take over the state and ensure all...