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For Juneteenth, USA TODAY is telling the stories of five different communities across the country where residents are ...
Juneteenth, the nation's most recent federal holiday, is celebrated by Americans on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery ...
Galveston – Thursday marks 160 years since the end to slavery in the United States or Juneteenth. The island city of ...
The celebration in Leimert Park, billed as a “Black Family Reunion,” included many of the emotions that come with family ...
Galveston celebrates the 160th Juneteenth anniversary with a week of events honoring emancipation and African American ...
Juneteenth celebrations unfolded across the U.S. on Thursday, marking the day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of ...
Ohio History Connection's Valerie Boyer on Juneteenth's origin. She is a Galveston, Texas, native.
Thursday, June 19 marks the Juneteenth holiday, the day in 1865 when enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas learned ...
Kenosha marked Juneteenth with music, unity and celebration, as families gathered at Civic Park for the city’s fifth annual ...
With flags, ceremonies, parades and pomp, celebrations across the United States marked the day the promise of freedom finally ...
Galveston launches Juneteenth by, reenacting General Order No. 3, the order that let slaves aware of their freedom.