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Not only does Juneteenth deserve celebration, there are many more reasons for Americans to have many more days off.
On June 19, people around the nation celebrate Juneteenth to commemorate the emancipation of the final group of enslaved ...
Communities around the Miami Valley celebrated Juneteenth. “Even if you’ve been here one year like me, or five years or 10 years ... there’s always something to learn,” Rena DeHenry said. DeHenry is ...
We celebrate it, so we bought those two together, realizing that Juneteenth and the Wade-in is about standing up for what is ...
The day marks June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, to announce that ...
Juneteenth celebrates the anniversary of the day 160 years ago when previously enslaved people in Texas were told that they ...
IN ADDITION TO THE BIG GIG, THERE’S ALSO THE JUNETEENTH PARADE AND FESTIVAL, PLUS THE BIG BANG FIREWORKS. A BUSY DAY LIKE ...
The first Juneteenth celebration took place in 1866, one year after Granger’s order. Some referenced the holiday as “Jubilee Day” or “Freedom Day” and gathered in homes, parks and communities to ...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Thursday is Juneteenth, a national holiday which commemorates the end of slavery in the US, and there are several events that are happening around North Central Florida.
This weekend we’re celebrating Juneteenth and the first official weekend of summer. We hope you like it hot; plenty of pool weather is coming up in the forecast. The Annual Scotland Juneteenth ...
CultureSHOCK and the city of Dublin will host its sixth " Taste of Juneteenth " event featuring a parade, live music, ...
Dating back to 1867, when the Freedmen’s Bureau organized the first parade, picnic, and festival in Austin, there has been a celebration of Juneteenth in the historically African American Eastside ...