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What is Juneteenth? Here's the history of the newest federal holiday
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free following the arrival of Union troops. The Civil War had ended on April 9, and the Emancipation Proclamation had been issued on January 1, 1863.
June 19, 2025, marks the fifth consecutive year that Juneteenth is a federally recognized United States holiday.
Trump trolled for claiming, on Juneteenth, that there are too many ‘non-working holidays’ - President bemoans ‘non-working ...
The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Abraham Lincoln in January 1863, but it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, ...
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Washington celebrates Juneteenth marking emancipation, Black perseveranceMy heart aches for what I know the enslaved people had to deal with. They sacrificed so much,” said state Sen. John Lovick.
Juneteenth 2025 marks 160 years since the last enslaved people were freed from Galveston, two years after the Emancipation ...
The celebrations continue into the weekend. Friday and Saturday, Sacramento's Juneteenth Southern Soul Festival will be held ...
The Blacks in Technology of Southwest Virginia put together a Juneteenth Celebration: A Day of Independence and Unity at the ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Juneteenth is the newest federal holiday, celebrating freedom and the end of slavery in the United ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Juneteenth block party kicked off at the Waikiki Shell on Thursday at 3 p.m. The free event was ...
Biden said at the time that June 19 serves as a "day in which we remember the moral stain, the terrible toll that slavery ...
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