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Paris, Tenn.–Organizers invite everyone to celebrate freedom with them at the Juneteenth Celebration this Saturday, June 21, ...
On Monday morning at the Lanett Senior Center, Greater Valley Juneteenth Committee Chair Trudye Johnson encouraged Lanett ...
On Thursday the nation will commemorate the day that enslaved Black people learned that they were free, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation took effect. To ...
Saturday is the day of the Juneteenth Community Celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Springfield Expo Center. The ...
Schools in New York will have an extra day off this year, which will be a little taste of freedom before summer ...
Repeated attempts to make Juneteenth an official state holiday have failed in the Florida Legislature. The last was in 2022.
The name of the holiday blends the words "June" and "nineteenth" — representing how on June 19, 1865, Union Major Gen. Gordon ...
San Antonio's weather forecast suggests sunny skies with a high near 96 today, a slight chance of showers over the weekend, ...
Entrance fees to all 63 of the nation’s national parks will be waived on Thursday as the National Park Service commemorates Juneteenth.
City offices will close Thursday, June 19, and no trash will be collected. Those usually serviced by the City of Memphis Solid Waste Management on Thursdays should place their garbage carts on the ...
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – As many in the community prepare to celebrate Juneteenth, a Minnesota historian is telling the story of a man buried in Rochester who is connected to the origins of the ...
From upscale lounges to neighborhood ice cream shops to plenty of places you'll find soul food, these 40 eateries are all Black-owned.