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Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...
Originally celebrated by newly freed Black communities in Texas with religious services, barbecues and symbolic traditions ...
The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.
Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, Freedom Day and African American Independence Day, marks the emancipation of enslaved ...
Juneteenth isn't just about celebrating freedom — it's a reminder of the moral consequences of power-hoarding systems and ...
An hour from Houston sit historical markers, marking the significance of the federal holiday. ABC13 goes in-depth all week on ...
The star and the red, white and blue flag of Juneteenth symbolizes freedom. Here's everything to know about the flag that ...
The only known original copy of General Order No. 3, an 1865 decree that alerted enslaved people in Galveston of their ...
Does the mail run on Juneteenth 2025? Are banks open? Is the stock market open? Is the MVC open? What is NJ Transit's ...
Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the ...
Juneteenth, the day commemorating the end of slavery in the United States, is not a state holiday in Florida. Here's what to ...
Juneteenth may mark the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed, but thousands of people in Oklahoma are still fighting for full citizenship in the tribal ...