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Gov. Kay Ivey makes Juneteenth Alabama state holiday for 2024
Alabama Reflector via Yahoo News· 2 days agoState employees will be given Juneteenth as a holiday, according to a memo that Gov. Kay Ivey sent...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ tells DODEA students about struggle behind federal holiday
Stars and Stripes· 3 days agoMore than 200 students and teachers at Yokosuka Middle School began their Monday morning with a...
Juneteenth proclaimed state holiday again in Alabama, after bill to make it permanent falters –...
KION 46 Salinas· 2 days agoMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has again authorized Juneteenth as a state holiday...
Juneteenth will again be state holiday in Alabama this year
Birmingham News· 2 days agoJuneteenth will again be a state holiday in Alabama this year, Gov. Kay Ivey announced Monday. ...
Culpeper NAACP to host Juneteenth celebration
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 2 days agoThe Culpeper NAACP will hold a Juneteenth celebration at Yowell Meadow Park on June 15, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The organization will celebrate the federal holiday ...
North Fork's first Juneteenth parade set for Greenport - The Suffolk Times
The Suffolk Times· 3 days agoThe Greenport community will welcome the North Fork’s first-everJuneteenth parade as part of its...
25 Juneteenth Recipes to Serve at This Year’s Picnic or Cookout
PureWow via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSummer may seem far away, but it’ll be here before we know it, and with it, Juneteenth. This holiday...
'Mayteenth' in Tallahassee: Emancipation Proclamation read publicly, 159 years later
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPresident Joe Biden made Juneteenth a federal holiday in 2021. Despite that, Florida — along with...
6 unmissable annual events on Cape Cod and the Islands
National Geographic· 7 days agoContrary to popular belief, life on Cape Cod and the Islands doesn’t come to a complete halt from...
Freedom Day: How Florida celebrates Emancipation Day
WCTV Tallahassee· 2 days agoGeneral Edward McCook read the Emancipation Proclamation at the Knott House in Tallahassee, freeing slaves in Florida, on May 20, 1865.