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What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
AOL· 3 days agoOn that date in 1865, federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas and informed 250,000 enslaved people across the state that they were free. To commemorate the end of slavery, a new ...
About This Alabama Bill To Make Workers Choose Between Celebrating Juneteenth OR Jefferson Davis’...
Black America Web· 18 hours agoTake, for example, an Alabama House bill that would give state employees the option of either...
Juneteenth is here — here's how to celebrate with family and friends
The Today Show via AOL· 3 days agoYou can also sprinkle in a few Juneteenth quotes for good measure. Watch and read stories that...
Pelosi and Bloomberg to receive highest US civilian honour
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoRep. Nancy Pelosi of California [BBC] Biden will honour several civil rights activists like Opal...
President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom | The White House
The White House· 5 hours agoToday, President Biden named nineteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 7 hours agoIt is the nation’s highest civilian honor, given to people who have made exemplary contributions to...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
The Today Show via AOL· 4 days agoThough it's been observed for more than 150 years, Juneteenth wasn't an official designation until...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThough it's been observed for more than 150 years, Juneteenth wasn't an official designation until...
Jim Thorpe, the World’s Greatest Athlete, Posthumously Honored with the Presidential Medal of...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoLegendary athlete Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox/Potawatomi) is among the 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom...
Opal Lee to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 4 hours agoThe first walls are up at the site of Opal Lee's new home in Fort Worth. It's an effort to write a wrong of the past for a woman known as the grandmother of Juneteenth. FORT ...