Juneteenth is celebrated as the end of slavery in the U.S. Celebration, reflection and progression are what historians say some African Americans across the country anticipate each year with the ...
The University of Michigan has selected its next president. Kent Syverud, the current chancellor of Syracuse University, will be officially appointed as Michigan’s 16th president. Report: Syracuse ...
Woodland City Council passed a proclamation earlier this week declaring June 19 as Juneteenth. The Juneteenth celebration started June 19, 1865, when Texas Major General Gordon Granger read General ...
Trump stays silent about Juneteenth, doesn’t issue proclamation, on day he once honored as president
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump honored Juneteenth in each of his first four years as president, even before it became a federal holiday. He even claimed once to have made it “famous.” But on this ...
Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African-Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family ...
President Donald Trump took to social media Thursday on Juneteenth, a federal holiday, to criticize the number of “non-working holidays” in the United States ...
A Lake Murray town is looking to add the date to its holiday schedule, although that could impact its current Juneteenth ...
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