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The festivities begin Thursday with live entertainment and games at the African American Museum and end Sunday with a concert ...
It may be a new federally recognized holiday, but the roots of Juneteenth date back to 1865. Here’s how some Arizonans are ...
San Diego has several events to celebrate Juneteenth, which commemorates the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and ...
While many across the country recognize Juneteenth as the end to the institution of slavery in America in 1865, some tribal ...
That answer made it plain that in Maine, at least, Emancipation Day (April 16) carried a historical weight that the Texan ...
Americans will be celebrating Juneteenth, the federal holiday marking the day when the last enslaved people in the U.S. were freed.
Juneteenth Tasting Event, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine. Celebrate the cuisine of the ...
The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries.
Juneteenth – short for June Nineteenth – recognizes the day in 1865 when Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas ...
The fifth annual raising of the Juneteenth flag will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a short reception. This will be the first ...