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Beaufort church will celebrate ‘Freedom’s Eve’ to ring in 2024. ‘It’s very joyous’
Hilton Head Island Packet via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSome residents in Beaufort and Port Royal and the Sea Islands will be in church on New Year’s Eve,...
What does Watch Night mean for Black Americans today? It dates back to the Emancipation Proclamation
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoThe tradition of Watch Night services in the United States dates back to Dec. 31, 1862, when many...
The Check-In: Celebrating Juneteenth in D.C., electric airplanes, and more
The Week via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe Washington Monument behind the "Stone of Hope" statue Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images Welcome...
Emancipation Day celebrations begin with Freedom's Eve concert
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra and Leon County Division of Tourism/Visit Tallahassee will...
Juneteenth Independence Day: What will be open and closed in and around Springfield
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJuneteenth Independence Day is a federal holiday and will be observed by most government agencies...
Our View: We must remember, work against 'America’s original sin' this long weekend
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Juneteenth is a remind that history requires...
What is Juneteenth and what does Lincoln have to do with it? A historian explains it all
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen 76-year-old Mary Clay and her family moved to Springfield from Memphis in the 1970s, she was...
Why Juneteenth, Now a Federal Holiday, Is So Significant
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn June 19, 1865, a Union general arrived in Galveston, Texas, to make an important announcement:...
Parades, picnics and bike rides: Here’s what’s happening this Juneteenth on the MS Coast
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhile President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it took more...
Why Juneteenth represents freedom better than July 4 for many Americans
Yahoo News via AOL· 10 months agoMore than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed, on June 19, 1865, federal troops...