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MIAMI VALLEY — Communities across the area are getting ready to celebrate Juneteenth. We will tell you about the celebration ...
Thursday is Juneteenth but celebrations have already begun. The Atlanta History Center celebrated with an event focused on ...
Juneteenth, celebrated on June 19, marks a pivotal moment in American history, commemorating the emancipation of the last ...
Michigan will celebrate Juneteenth on June 19, 2025. Here's a look at what's open and closed on the federal holiday.
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the ...
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after Civil War's end and two ...
One village here has observed Juneteenth or “Día de los Negros” for 150 years. Adan Salazar, a member of the cabalgata (a parade of horseback riders), travels 20 miles from the neighboring ...
These traditional dishes are a “taste of freedom,” Eugene Thomas said in an episode of the Netflix series “High on the Hog" that examined the significance of Juneteenth feasts. Thomas is a ...
The Black Scranton Project is expanding its Juneteenth celebrations from one day to three, with the addition of a punk and alternative music festival, a church service and brunch. Juneteenth ...
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - The annual Juneteenth celebration has begun in Hattiesburg. Saturday, Hattiesburg Juneteenth celebration organizers hosted a flag-rarising ceremony at Vernon Dahmer ...
This day would become known as Juneteenth, with early celebrations taking place as far back as the 1870s. These include prayers, family gatherings and pilgrimages to Galveston by those formally ...