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Andrew Johnson famously freed his slaves on Aug. 8, 1863, but it would be another 18 months before Tennessee freed enslaved people statewide.
Enshrined as a Pennsylvania state holiday since 2019 and a federal one two years later, Juneteenth is a commemoration of June ...
Juneteenth is almost here, and The Blackshear Heights Family nonprofit is celebrating the occasion with a parade, a ...
The 2025 Juneteenth Family Arts & Cultural Festival will be held on Saturday, June 21, from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Springwood ...
This year, Juneteenth will be celebrated on Thursday, June 19.
The Lincoln Park Conservancy has developed a series of events throughout the month of June in New Rochelle to celebrate the ...
Juneteenth festivities are rooted in cookouts and picnics. Others may choose to treat Juneteenth as a day of rest and ...
Juneteenth is such a new federal holiday that a lot of people still don’t realize it’s a holiday until they show up at the ...
Several events are being held across Central Texas to commemorate the day slaves in Texas learned that they had been freed.
Tuesday night's A Voice Within concert at Emancipation Park is based on a set of 12 poems penned by Mouton and scored by ...
Juneteenth celebrates the end of the slavery in the United States. But when was the holiday created, and how did it get its ...