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Juneteenth 2025: 11 family-friendly events across the Austin area
The Statesman has gathered 11 Juneteenth events to celebrate the state and federal holiday, from car shows to cookouts, in ...
10 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in Maine
Juneteenth has been recognized as a federal holiday since 2021, commemorating the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans after the Civil War. On June 19, 1865, Union troops arrived in Texas, the ...
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51 ARTS hosts ‘We Outside! A Brooklyn Juneteenth, Vol. III’
Brooklyn’s premier institution for the African Diasporic performing arts – will once again team up with The Soapbox Presents, ...
Lincoln library in Springfield, Ill., displays signed Emancipation Proclamation
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...
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Springfield's Lincoln museum to display signed copy of Emancipation Proclamation
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum's special events for Juneteenth will include the display of a signed copy ...
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Original copy of order freeing Texas slaves on display starting Juneteenth
The handbill that informed slaves in Texas of their freedom was given out June 19, 1865, more than two years after President ...
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Emancipation Proclamation copy signed by Lincoln to appear in Springfield museum
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is displaying a 161-year-old text that paved the way for the abolition of ...
Juneteenth started with handbills proclaiming freedom. Here's what they said
The origin of the Juneteenth celebrations marking the end of slavery in the U.S. goes back to an order issued as Union troops ...
From honoring Emancipation on May 20th to Juneteenth, now is the time to look back
The date is becoming more widely known due to the efforts of Black historians who have been sharing the date's importance ...