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Vendors sought for Juneteenth celebration
The Albany Herald, Ga. via Yahoo News· 28 minutes 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 ...
Before Juneteenth came Florida's Emancipation Day - and Pensacola will celebrate
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoBut it wasn't until a few years ago that he heard about Florida's Emancipation...20, 1865, 11 days after the end of the Civil War, to announce that President Lincoln's < ...
50 Juneteenth Quotes to Celebrate Black Culture, History and Freedom
PureWow via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAlthough the Emancipation Proclamation declared that all enslaved people should be free in 1863,...
Civil War relics of Gen. William T. Sherman up for auction, bidding begins Tuesday
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 days ago“It’s an incredible piece of photographic history. Barnard had an incredible eye and was in the...
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...
Opal Lee, 'Grandmother of Juneteenth,' receives honorary degree from SMU
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWhat is Juneteenth? When President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, to free enslaved African Americans, it took time ...
Opal Lee, Grandmother of Juneteenth, reflects on life of activism, community
Dallas Morning News· 4 days agoAn intimate crowd gathered at Southern Methodist University on Thursday to hear from Opal Lee, known...
Confederate Memorial Day in SC: What to know about 'holiday,' current status of Juneteenth
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt is the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take over the state and ensure all...
The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
WPBF Palm Beach· 2 days agoThe Spady Cultural Heritage Museum holds annual 'A Delray Beach Family Affair'
Great Explorers: John C. Fremont
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSkilled explorer or overreaching dilettante? Crusading abolitionist or violent murderer? General with the soul of a country on his mind? Or self-centered...
