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Opinion/Stead: Juneteenth is a holiday for all of us
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe newer federal holiday of Juneteenth will have its official observance tomorrow. Just like any other holiday, some offices and businesses will be...
What Is Juneteenth? Here’s Everything You Need to know About the Federal Holiday
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe federal holiday is called Juneteenth as a combination of June and nineteenth. Celebrated on June...
Juneteenth 2022: What it means, how to celebrate and support Black culture
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmericans will soon celebrate the newest federal holiday signed into law in 2021 by President Joe...
The Importance of Juneteenth - the Newest Federal Holiday
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Despite Juneteenth’s storied history, the holiday was largely...
Renowned Harvard professor breaks down significance of Juneteenth
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast year, President Joe Biden made Juneteenth the newest federal holiday. The day, June 19, marks...
What's Juneteenth? Everything to know about holiday celebrating end of slavery in the US
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, the oldest known celebration of the end of slavery in the United States, is observed...
Why Juneteenth Deserves The Highest Respect, Reverence And Regard
Blavity via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn July 19, 2021, President Biden signed legislation declaring Juneteenth a federal holiday....
How Bloomington is celebrating Juneteenth 2022 and what will be closed Monday
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSome people have celebrated Juneteenth since they were kids. Others may have just learned the...
The long emancipation
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuneteenth, the newest federal holiday, is a day for all to celebrate freedom of a nation, but also to remember our history and recommit to our ideals of...
Origins of Juneteenth date to Civil War
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJuneteenth, which is coming up June 19, is the newest federal holiday in the calendar. Its origins, however, date to the final weeks of the Civil War....