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Did you know Tennessee has two holidays celebrating Emancipation from slavery? Juneteenth, the federal holiday, and August 8.
Americans celebrate an imperfect path toward a more perfect union.
President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal ...
Columbus Day and Presidents Day are now in the crosshairs as debate erupts over which holidays America should actually ...
Juneteenth recognizes the official emancipation of enslaved people in Texas on June 19, 1865, symbolizing the end of slavery ...
Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 when then-President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation into law, officially ...
Juneteenth marks the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered ...
Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston announcing the enforcement of ...
Acknowledging the historical link between the end of Black slavery in the U.S. and the creation of the State of West Virginia ...
Those gathered June 19 for a Juneteenth commemoration in La Grange heard the Rev. Wheeler Parker tell of his cousin Emmett ...
The fifth annual celebration hosted by the Hanover-based group will include dancing, vendors, presentations and a roundtable ...