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The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, 1 Memorial Drive, is closed in observance of the Juneteenth holiday. Other banks, ...
COLUMBIA – The second annual "They Were Always There" service was held Thursday to honor Black Missouri veterans. The ...
Locals celebrated the sixth annual Juneteenth festival in downtown St. Louis on Thursday. “When we found out what Juneteenth ...
Thursday June 19 is Juneteenth, a federal United States holiday to commemorate the ending of slavery. The holiday marks the ...
This year marks four years of Juneteenth's being designated as a federal holiday, and Columbia is full of celebrations.
Today is Juneteenth, and while it’s only been an official federal holiday since 2021, the city of Fayette will be holding its ...
A recent Columbia resident shares some family history, and a celebration committee member shares why Juneteenth is important.
Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas were finally notified of their freedom ...
Community Partnership of the Ozarks (CPO), in collaboration with the NAACP of Springfield, is proud to present the 3rd annual Citywide Juneteenth Celebration, a powerful weekend of culture, community, ...
Freedom Was a More Serious Thing Than They Had Expected to Find It.’ FINALLY THE WAR CLOSED, and the day of freedom came. It ...
The Juneteenth proclamation said that slaves were free from bondage, but were not going to be allowed to leave their owners.