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What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJust days before Juneteenth in 2021, Biden signed a bill to recognize Juneteenth as the 11th federal...
Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore, Michelle Yeoh and more
ABC News· 3 days agoPresident Joe Biden on Friday awarded 19 Americans with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
The Today Show via AOL· 7 days agoIn honor of day, we've collected a list of powerful Juneteenth quotes from luminaries, political...
Inside Biden's Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony honoring Black luminaries, including the...
theGrio· 2 days agoThe “Grandmother of Juneteenth” and the man who contributed to parts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
President Joe Biden honors Opal Lee for her mission to ‘make history, not erase it’
Dallas Morning News· 3 days agoBiden hailed Lee’s relentless push to make Juneteenth a nationalholiday as he conferred the nation’s...
Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
KDFW via Yahoo News· 3 days agoShe was at Biden’s side in 2021 when he signed the bill declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday. "The first person I handed the pen to was Ms... showed in...
Presidential Medal of Freedom: Katie Ledecky, Nancy Pelosi among those honored
FOX 5 Washington D.C.· 3 days agoClarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and...
Remarks by President Biden at Presentation of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | The White House
The White House· 3 days agoSixty-one years ago, President Kennedy established the Presidential Medal of Freedom to recognize,...