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The history of Memorial Day and when the holiday is observed in 2024
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDay on the third Monday in January Washington...annually on the last Monday in May. This year, the ...
Here are the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes
NPR· 8 hours agoGeneral Nonfiction "Awarded to A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, by Nathan Thrall (Metropolitan Books), a finely reported...
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...
Rochester 2024 Juneteenth Festival plans announced
WROC Rochester· 6 days agoROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — “From 1964 to 2024: 60 years in the Fight for Justice in Rochester” is the theme for the 2024 Juneteenth Festival. The Greater...
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...
Mail carriers to collect food bank donations from postal patrons on May 11
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier· 3 days agoThe National Association of Letter Carriers/U.S.P.S. Stamp out Hunger food drive is Saturday May 11.
What is Juneteenth? The history and meaning behind the federal holiday
AOL· 7 days agoJuneteenth marks one of the most important moments in American history: the end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 ...
Opal Lee receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
KDFW via Yahoo News· 4 days ago"The first person I handed the pen to was...showed in educating the nation. "Juneteenth is a day of profound weight and power. We have to remember...We...
Arizona’s indictment of Trump allies follows a sordid, racist history
Las Vegas Sun· 6 days agoArizona Senate candidate, Republican Kari Lake, speaks during a rally in Cave Creek, Ariz., on...
Jim Thorpe, the World’s Greatest Athlete, Posthumously Honored with the Presidential Medal of...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 4 days agoJim Thorpe (Sac and Fox/Potawatomi) was bestowed two Olympic gold medals by King Gustav of Sweden at...