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Juneteenth is here — here's how to celebrate with family and friends
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAlthough Juneteenth was first celebrated in 1866, it wasn't recognized as a federal holiday until...
‘Grandmother of Juneteenth’ among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
WSB Radio· 4 hours agoPresident Joe Biden will be awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people on Friday. The...
Biden Awarding Presidential Medal of Freedom to 6 Current and Former Democratic Politicians,...
IJR· 6 hours agoPresident Joe Biden is expected to award the nation’s highest civilian honor to 19 people, including...
What's closed on Juneteenth 2024? What to know ahead of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoTexas was the first to make Juneteenth a state holiday in 1980, but it wasn't until June 17, 2021,...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
The Today Show via AOL· 4 days agoIn honor of day, we've collected a list of powerful Juneteenth quotes from luminaries, political...
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 holiday was ...
50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIn honor of day, we've collected a list of powerful Juneteenth quotes from luminaries, political...
Fort Worth’s Opal Lee to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom
NBC Dallas Fort Worth· 12 hours agoIt is the nation’s highest civilian honor, given to people who have made exemplary contributions to...
Opal Lee to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
FOX 4 News Dallas - Fort Worth· 9 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 ...
Jim Thorpe, the World’s Greatest Athlete, Posthumously Honored with the Presidential Medal of...
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoLegendary athlete Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox/Potawatomi) is among the 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom...